Maritime truckers are demanding a contract extension for Truck Transit Park Limited following the digital system's elimination of bribes that previously reached 350,000 naira per vehicle at Lagos port facilities. Association of Maritime Truck Owners secretary Mohammed Sani Bala stated the electronic platform shortened waiting periods from months to days while reopening commercial operations around Apapa that collapsed during earlier congestion crises.
The group attributes opposition to automation advocates seeking restoration of manual procedures that enabled systematic extortion at informal checkpoints. Analysts warn reverting to paper-based scheduling risks undermining cargo operations handling more than 70 percent of seaborne commerce through the corridor at a moment when regional competitors are modernizing logistics infrastructure across West Africa.
The group attributes opposition to automation advocates seeking restoration of manual procedures that enabled systematic extortion at informal checkpoints. Analysts warn reverting to paper-based scheduling risks undermining cargo operations handling more than 70 percent of seaborne commerce through the corridor at a moment when regional competitors are modernizing logistics infrastructure across West Africa.
