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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Fuel strike halts ports' operations in Lagos By Godfrey Bivbere Tuesday, October 12, 2004 LAGOS—Ports' opera tions in Lagos were yesterday grounded as the strike called by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) as the three ports were placed under lock and key by the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). When Vanguard visited  Tin-can, Roll-on, Roll-off (RoRo), Container and Apapa Ports, all the gates leading to the ports were locked while security was manned by a combined team of personnel of the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and NPA security. At the entrance of Tin-can and RoRo ports, the joint security personnel politely turn back people who wanted to gain access into the port. One NPA security official, who spoke with Vanguard, said that apart from the Port Manager, most of the staff of the ports did not come. The entrance gate into the Apapa and Container ports was however open with the combined security personnel seated at strategic spots watching .The same situation pervaded Apapa which lost its usual hustling and bustling, as most offices were under lock and key while the roads recorded low traffic. It would be recalled that the former Managing Director of the NPA, Mr.. Aminu Dabo, had said during a similar strike last year that the authority lost about N200 million each day for the period that port operations were halted There was also no presence of men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at any of the ports, not even at the gates of the port where they usually position themselves to monitor consignments coming and going out of the ports.  Assistant General Manager (AGM), Corporate Affairs of the NPA, Mr. Christopher  Borha, told Vanguard that the ports were presently under lock and key but noted that senior staff were however at their various posts doing their job. Borha however refused to confirm how much the authority has lost at the end of yesterday to the strike which enters its second day today.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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