Vincent Toritseju
Lagos — MEMBERS of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, and the Nigerian Port Consultative Council have cried out over the incessant attacks currently being suffered in the hands of hoodlums that have taken advantage of the bad portion of the Ijora Causeway.
Reliving her experience at a meeting of port users in Lagos last week, Dr. Ikenna Nwosu of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industries, LCCI said that the bad spot of the road has become a nightmare for road users.
Nwosu who was represented by Mrs. Peace Afaeme of the Chamber also said that her driver’s head was broken at a time, adding that she also narrowly missed being attacked on that same spot
Similarly, a Maritime Consultant and member of the Nigerian Port Consultative Council, NPCC, Captain Ihenacho Ebubeogu said he has perfected the art of avoiding the bad spot because of the number of hoodlums around the bad spot.
Ebubeogu explained that motorist who go through that road have no choice but to slow down and in the process of slowing down the criminals would pounce on them, causing both bodily and vehicular damages.
Ebubeogu who spoke at the last quarterly meeting of the NPCC, suggested that the Council engages the leadership of the Nigerian Ports Authority to find a lasting solution to bad spot.
He opined that until that Ijora road by Sifax Off-Terminal is free from traffic, hoodlums will keep attacking people plying that road.
Reacting to the development, Chair of the Council, Otunba Kunle Folarin, who was represented by a Council member and President of the National Association of Stevedoring Operators, Mr. Bolaji Sunmola, expressed concern over criminal activities of hoodlums on that bad spot promising to engage the relevant stakeholders to look into the issue so as to deal with it once and for all.
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