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Freight forwarders alleged that the Call-Up system for trucks which was initially issued for N27,000 is now being hoarded and made available to very few cabals, who are now reselling it for N150,000.
Giwa said the “Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, myself and other team members are already fine-tuning a working visit to have on-the-spot assessment of the current situation with the aim to resolve the gridlock.
When contacted, Head of Operation, Lagos State Traffic Enforcement Management Committee on Apapa gridlock, Adekoya Hassan, said there were plans to enforce the Lagos State Traffic Law against indiscriminate parking on bridges around Apapa and environs soon.
The Nigerian, with a Twitter handle: @alilmoonn, said that he had never been so scared in his life than that day.
The retail price of petrol has continued to increase across the country, reaching a high of N540 per litre in some filling stations.