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MAJOR truck owners operating in Lagos ports, yesterday, opened a can of warms, alleging fraud in the electronic Call-Up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to address the chaotic traffic situation in Apapa and its environs.
Views: Visits 5 By Godwin Oritse MAJOR truck owners operating in Lagos ports, yesterday, opened a can of warms, alleging fraud in the electronic Call-Up system introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to address the chaotic traffic situation in Apapa and its environs. The truck owners, who spoke as members of Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Associations, COMTUA, and concerned stakeholders, said implementation of the e-Call-Up system is exposed to sabotage. COMTUA is made up of truck owners in the Nigerian maritime sector. The associations include the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN; National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW; Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO; Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and Corporate Fleet Owners.
Gunmen suspected to be sea robbers have attacked a speedboat and shot dead a five-year-old girl in Bayelsa State.
The deceased, identified as Comfort, her sibling and their mother, Lovina Isegu, were reportedly aboard the speedboat with six other passengers.
They were travelling from the Swali Market Waterfront in Yenagoa, the state capital, to Koluama 1 and 2 in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state when the incident happened around 5pm on Wednesday.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the pirates opened fire on the speedboat while the driver was trying to flee after sighting them as they approached Koluama.
The state Chairman, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Mr Ogoniba Ipigansi, confirmed the attack, adding that the boat driver, Mr Okilo Orubiko, was also shot.