The sustained advocacy of the Mohammed Bello Koko-led management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the decongestion of the ports to pave way for efficient operations received a boost on June 23, 2023, when the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdelene Ajani, led an inter-agency team comprising of the NPA, Nigerian Customs (NCS), and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on assessment tour of overtime cargoes littering the ports.
The Lagos and Tin can Island Port Complexes and the terminals therein, including Ikorodu Lighter Terminal, have over the years been occupied with 3,200 units of overtime cars and about 3,295 units of overtime containers, respectively, while the Eastern Ports have a combined total of 956 overtime containers.
