If there is one powerful political bloc in Lagos state, it must be the truck drivers and tanker owners, who have virtually taken over Lagos state roads and left the authorities overwhelmed. There have been several meetings between their association, Lagos state traffic management authority (LASTMA) and other stakeholders to organise their trucks in an orderly manner so as not to disrupt economic activities.Instead, they line up their trucks from Western Avenue Ikorodu road all the way to the sea port in Tin Can Island, making the roads unmotorable.Since the Lagos State Government relaxed the restriction of trucks to start moving in the day, accessing the ports had been difficult, due to trucks trapped by the law.
Trucks in the ports have to go out for incoming ones, the Nigeria Customs Service have to clear the ones in the ports, hence the backlogs that locked down Lagos. However , the National President Association of Maritime Truck Owners Mr Remi Ogungbemi, promised that the gridlock will be over in 48 hours. He said stakeholders and men of the Nigerian Customs Service had been working to clear backlog of trucks at the ports to allow vehicles to manoeuvre.
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