At Shippers’ Council meeting, PSTT seeks collaboration between MWUN and NARTO to keep port corridors free

The Coordinator General, Port Standing Task Team (PSTT), Mr. Moses Fadipe, has highlighted the importance and need for the team to work in collaboration with the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigerian (MWUN), in order to keep the ports corridors free.

Moses Fadipe said this during a meeting held at the Nigerian Shippers’ council headquarters in Lagos.

He said that the illegalities on the port corridors were being tackled as a lot of state and non-state actors were currently being profiled.

He disclosed that some persons pose as NARTO workers to extort money on the port corridors.

In his response, the Executive Secretary, NARTO, Mr. Ogbogo Aloga, said anyone collecting money on the port corridors is involved in an illegal act.

He appealed to the PSTT to address illegalities along Mile 2, Tin Can and Liverpool.

NARTO President, Yusuf Lawal, said there is need for collaboration amongst all agencies working in the ports.

He further stated that the transport sector of the maritime industry was currently going through a tough time.

Speaking also at the meeting, the President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, expressed the readiness of the Union to support the team to ensure successful curbing of illegalities at the port.