The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has stated that the Apapa access road, designed to accommodate approximately 2,400 trucks daily, carried more than 7,000 trucks.
Dantsoho made the call recently while speaking at the African Ports Conference in Casablanca, Morocco, according to a statement.
He added that the resulting congestion undermined reliability, increased delays and diverted trade, highlighting the need for coordinated reforms across port infrastructure, transport corridors and digital systems.
“Recalling that cargo previously remained at Lagos ports for as long as three weeks, while the Apapa access road, designed to accommodate approximately 2,400 trucks daily, carried more than 7,000 trucks,” Dantsoho said.
Dantsoho stressed that the NPA began by addressing fundamental operational challenges before moving towards more advanced technologies.
