• Advertise
  • Opinion
  • Features & Interviews
  • Investigation
  • Contact
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Lagos Today
  • Home
  • News
    • Lagos News
    • National News
    • World News
  • Entertainment⚡ by CRAWL
    • All
    • Art & Design
    • Books
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Sports
    Rattle Snake, Amina, Others Win Big At AMVCA8

    Rattle Snake, Amina, Others Win Big At AMVCA8

    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Features & Interviews
  • Best Of Lagos
    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Nordic hotel

    Nordic Hotel Makes Grand Debut in Lagos

    Bookstores in Lagos

    Love Reading? See The Best Bookstores In Lagos

    Event Centre

    Event Centres in Lagos

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

  • Things To Do
  • Home
  • News
    • Lagos News
    • National News
    • World News
  • Entertainment⚡ by CRAWL
    • All
    • Art & Design
    • Books
    • Movie
    • Music
    • Sports
    Rattle Snake, Amina, Others Win Big At AMVCA8

    Rattle Snake, Amina, Others Win Big At AMVCA8

    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    Veteran Nigerian Actor, Gbenga Richards Is Dead

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    AGN To Contact Genevieve Nnaji Amid Rumoured Mental Illness

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    I Enjoy Inner Peace Being Engaged To Mr Eazi – Temi Otedola

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Legendary Musician, Orlando Julius Dies in the Arms of Wife

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    Singer, Mr Eazi, Proposes To Femi Otedola’s Daughter, Temi

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    WurlD, Lady Donli, Pretty Boy D-O, & More to Headline First Ever Alte Culture Festival in Lagos

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    Cubana Chief Priest Arrested By EFCC Over Fraud Few Weeks After Obi Cubana’s Arrest

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    FIFA Bans Abuja MKO Abiola Stadium From Hosting Int’l Matches

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

    BREAKING: Nigeria Crashes Out Of World Cup Qualifier After 1-1 Draw With Ghana

  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Features & Interviews
  • Best Of Lagos
    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Exploring Lagos’ Gastronomy With Chef Priyank Singh of Hard Rock Cafe

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    Olu Oyinsan- Saying Yes To Founders At The Early Stage

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    A Rare Hobby: Sports Fishing In Lagos

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Chef Nkesi- Experiencing Different Cultures Through Food

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Wumi Jubril: Creating Memorable Experiences

    Nordic hotel

    Nordic Hotel Makes Grand Debut in Lagos

    Bookstores in Lagos

    Love Reading? See The Best Bookstores In Lagos

    Event Centre

    Event Centres in Lagos

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

    Lounges and bars in Lagos? Here are five exciting spots to try out

  • Things To Do
No Result
View All Result
The Lagos Today
No Result
View All Result
Home National

Maritime Unionists Kick Against E-call Up System

by Idonosan Debe
November 26, 2021
in National
3 min read
0
0
Maritime Unionists Kick Against E-call Up System
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Council of Maritime Transport Union and Association (COMTUA) urged the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to unbundle its E-call up System (ETo), to help reduce extortion in Nigeria’s ports.

This was disclosed by the outgoing President of the association, Mr Thompson Olaleye, on Thursday during the maiden edition of the 2021 Delegate Convention of COMTUA, in Lagos, themed “Resolving the Challenges of Cargoes and Haulage Movements in Nigeria for Effective Domestication of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and Promoting the Ease of Doing Business in the Continent.”

Olaleye said that the high cases of extortion should be a catalyst for the unbundling of the system.

He said, “The issue of extortion along the ports’ access roads is a major reason why the NPA E-call-up system needs to be unbundled.

“It seems the entire space is too big for the E-call-up manager, the Truck Transit Parks (TTP ) to manage.

“If another company is allowed to handle Tin-Can while TTP focuses on Apapa, the issue of extortion and other discrepancies won’t exist.

“If there is competition, the managers of the TTP will deliver in a better way.”

He also remarked that from Mile 2 down to Tin-Can, there was no semblance of a central control system where anybody was checking truck documents or papers, citing illegal checkpoints mounted by some associations that had pulled out of the COMTUA and were extorting money from port users.

He opined that if the Eto system is unbundled, there will be competition. The traffic managers will perform more effectively. “Currently, the entire port area seems to be too big for just one company to handle,” he said.

“It was agreed that no member should collect money on the port access road due to the menace it causes but they refused.

“After fruitless efforts to make them see reason, they have left COMTUA and as I speak to you, their members are on the roads between Mile 2 and Tin-Can, collecting money from truckers,” he said.

Prof. Samuel Odewumi, professor of Transport and Logistics, School of Transport and Logistics, Lagos State University warned that there is a need to break the monopoly of Eto, let them have two or three so that the truckers will have options of which of them to approach, to increase capacity.

“Extortion is high at the TinCan Apapa road and nobody is doing anything, it is one of the worst practises that is going on and so government should show political will in ending it,” he warned, citing a need to solve the logistics problems in the country so that Nigeria could get the benefits of the AfCFTA.

It can be recalled earlier this year that the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, announced the launch of Eto, an Electronic Truck call-up system designed for the management of truck movement and access to and from the Lagos Ports Complex and the Tin Can Island Ports, Apapa, Lagos.

Follow us on social media
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...
Tags: Council of Maritime Transport Union and Association (COMTUA)E-call up systemETo
Previous Post

FG To Float IPO For National Carrier Next Week

Next Post

CBN Urges Nigerians To Invest in Non-oil Sector

Idonosan Debe

Idonosan Debe

Related Posts

Gas Cylinder, Not Bomb Caused Kano Explosion- Police

Gas Cylinder, Not Bomb Caused Kano Explosion- Police

by Segun Adewunmi
May 17, 2022
0

The Nigerian Police Force, Kano State Command on Tuesday said an explosion that rocked the state earlier today was triggered...

Tunde Bakare Condemns Killing Of Deborah Samuel, Calls For Unity

Tunde Bakare Condemns Killing Of Deborah Samuel, Calls For Unity

by Rosemary Opara
May 17, 2022
0

The serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Nigeria, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Monday broke his silence on the...

Next Post
NASS queries CBN over unremitted $3.3bn

CBN Urges Nigerians To Invest in Non-oil Sector

Please login to join discussion

Recommended

‘More Men Are Dying In Lagos Than Women ‘ – NPC

‘More Men Are Dying In Lagos Than Women ‘ – NPC

2 years ago
Nigeria’s Kenneth Ize to design  Capsule Collection with African artistry

Nigeria’s Kenneth Ize to design Capsule Collection with African artistry

2 years ago

Popular News

    Newsletter

    Connect with us

    Tags

    #EndSARS #EndSARS Protests 2023 Elections 2023 polls 2023 Presidency ACCIDENT APC Babajide Sanwo-Olu Bitcoin CBN Central Bank of NIgeria China Coronavirus pandemic Covid-19 Covid-19 in Lagos Covid-19 in Nigeria Covid-19 Vaccine Covid-19 Worldwide Cryptocurrency Donald Trump Dubai EFCC Federal Government Federal Government of Nigeria Fraud Gov. Sanwo-Olu Insecurity Lagos state Lagos State Government Lagos State Police command LASEMA Latest jobs in lagos Lekki Lekki Tollgate Shooting Muhammadu Buhari Murder NDLEA Nigeria Rape Russia SARS Strike action UK United states US

    News

    • Business
    • National
    • Politics
    • Tech

    Opinion

    • Editorials
    • Today’s Opinion
    • Letters
    • Sunday Review
    • Advertise
    • Opinion
    • Features & Interviews
    • Investigation
    • Contact

    © 2020 The Lagos Today - Nkali.

    No Result
    View All Result
    • Home
    • News
      • Lagos News
      • National News
      • World News
    • Entertainment
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Features & Interviews
    • Best Of Lagos
    • Things To Do

    © 2020 The Lagos Today - Nkali.

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Create New Account!

    Fill the forms bellow to register

    All fields are required. Log In

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In
    %d bloggers like this: