The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Acting Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko said the agency is set to resolve all impediments to the smooth flow of traffic and effective security, within and around the Tin Can Island Ports complex in Apapa, Lagos.
Bello-Koko spoke during a visit to the Sunrise Bus Stop area of the Apapa – Mile 2 highway which had become a failed passage and noted that the poor road situation within the corridor (the major artery in and out of the Tin Can Island Port) remains a huge concern to the Authority.
He said the current improved traffic situation along the Tin Can Port approach from what it used to be some months back is one of the positives from the synergy between the NPA and the Lagos State Government (LASG), which deployed the necessary security and equipment needed to check indiscriminate parking on the road as well as an end to the menace of touts and other criminals.
He observed that some of the internal roads within the Port Complex are in a state of disrepair, but assured that NPA in concert with other relevant agencies of Government and the National Assembly, would mobilise resources as soon as possible to fix such roads.
Describing the Tin Can Port Complex as too porous, the NPA MD noted that the wire gauze perimeter fence installed as a means of preventing unauthorized access in line with the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code recommendation, have been pulled down, thus much stronger wall of protection must be put in place to keep people who do not have any business having access to the complex.
