By ADAKU WALTER
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed its willingness to partner the Lagos State government on its efforts to enhance the security of lives and property in the state.
Managing Director of the authority, Mohammed Bello-koko made the pledge when the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun, paid a working visit to the agency recently.
Bello-Koko noted that while the management of NPA under his watch remained committed to ensuring security at the seaports, it would also do everything within its powers to support genuine effort to enhance security in Lagos State.
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Balogun, who spoke earlier, disclosed that the aim of the visit was to felicitate with the management of NPA and also commend the Authority for the lofty programmes being implement by its management.
He cited the truck electronic call-up system also codenamed ‘Eto’, which has curtailed the influx of trucks and other articulated vehicles into Apapa, which houses the country’s two biggest cargo seaports, the Lagos Ports Complex and Tin Can Island Ports.
He noted that the reduction of the gridlock has enhanced the quality of life and was promoting businesses, many of which were comatose, while the traffic lasted.
Balogun argued that the deployment of the technology-driven traffic management system, which has drastically reduced the perennial gridlock in Apapa and its environs, would also enhance security by reducing
traffic-related crimes and other offences, not only within the port community, but also across Lagos State.
