Freight forwarders operating in Lilypond Container
Terminal, Ijora, are planning to protest the lack of
business activities in the nation’s foremost dry
port.
The agents, at a joint meeting held under the
aegies of Association of Nigerian Licensed
Customs Agents (ANLCA), National Association of
Government Approved Freight Forwarders
(NAGAFF), dock workers, under the aegis of
Maritime Workers Union, National Council of
Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Agents,
Lilyoond Chapter, regretted that the
concessionaire of the terminal, APMT, had been
postponing resumption of activities.
At the meeting, members decried the attitude of
APMT to their plight, accusing the operator of
insincerity.
“On more than two occasions, APMT has failed to
meet up with their promise of resuming
operations here. We are sick and tired of this, so
the only option is to stage a peaceful protest
against them,†the members said.
However, there was a sharp division as to when
the protest should hold. While some favoured end
of this month, others craved for the action to be
after the general elections. It was however
unanimously agreed that whatever action would
be taken on this would not be before February 1
Source: thenationonlineng.net/clearing-agents-dock-workers-others-mull-protest/