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  • APC crisis: Dayo Adeneye, 26 Ogun lawmakers dump APC for APM

    No fewer than twenty-six lawmakers from the Ogun State House of Assembly have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).

    The lawmakers defection is coming just a week after Gov. Ibikunle Amosun’s candidate, Adekunle Akinlade for Ogun governorship election defected to APM.

    The lawmakers spokesperson, Lamidi Olatunji said they “have come to inevitable conclusion to actualise their ambitions in APM”.

    Olatunji added that: “We also wish to acknowledge the fatherly role of President Muhammadu Buhari in seeking to sustain the tenets of democracy, fairness and equity in the resolution of the crisis in Ogun APC.

    “We regret that Mr President’s efforts were frustrated by the forces that are hellbent on taking the South-West back to the dark age of slavery, where unelected kingpins direct the affairs of the people.”

    Also on the defection train were two Commissioners, Dayo Adeneye (Information and Strategy) and Modupe Mujota (Education, Science and Technology).

  • APM Terminals Apapa does not delay containers – Official

    APM Terminals Apapa does not delay containers – Official

    The Management of APM Terminals in Apapa has said that it does not deliberately delay cargo in any port terminal, as this would work against its business interest.

    The General Manager, Government, Stakeholder Relations and Communications of APM Terminals Apapa, Mr. Augustine Fischer, made this known in a statement in Lagos.

    According to him, the terminal in Apapa is a gateway terminal and from a business perspective, it makes sense to have high flow of imports and exports and not store cargo in the terminal.

    “In fact, we work tirelessly to ensure cargo leaves the port in Apapa as soon as possible to avoid vessels having to wait to berth due to lack of space to discharge containers,” he said.

    Fischer also disclosed that in the past year, APM Terminals did not experience Information Technology problems that affected cargo delivery.

    He added that there was also no protest by any association of freight forwarders.

    Also, the president of Nigerian Importers Integrity Association (NIIA), Mr Godwin Onyekazi spoke in similar vein.

    He quoted him as saying that it was inconceivable that any terminal operator would either impose arbitrary charges on its customers or deliberately delay the delivery of containers.

    He said the challenges in cargo delivery at the ports in Lagos were as a result of poor port access roads and poor traffic management in Apapa.

    Onyekazi said a new truck call-up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) had worsened the plight of truck owners, consignees and their agents.

    “The whole of Tin Can and Apapa ports are now in a state of comatose. There is a near total gridlock, because trucks are not allowed into the port as much as they should be.

    “With the gridlock, government revenue will also continue to suffer while diversion of cargoes to the ports of neighbouring countries and smuggling will continue to be on the increase,” he said.