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Gridlock: Sanity returns to Apapa with Electronic Call-Up
By Dayo Badmus,
After years of hardship and deaths, sanity yesterday returned to Apapa. This followed the take off of the electronic call-up system (ETO) introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
Apapa had in the past several years defied effort to solve its traffic problem. The efforts, including a presidential task team, were blighted by corruption.
However, normalcy returned to Apapa following the removal of trucks that littered the port access roads – Apapa Oshodi Express Way and Western Avenue leading to Ijora.
A visit to both ends of the port access roads since yesterday now see officials of the Lagos State government and NPA taskforce teams with tow vehicles well positioned to remove erring trucks.
This is the first time that electronic call-up would be deployed to direct truck movement into ports in Lagos.
This automated process, known as Eto App, is expected to permanently restore sanity within the Apapa port corridor by removing the daily traffic congestion, if properly managed.
