Area Controller of the NCS at the ports, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, made the declaration on Wednesday, in Lagos.
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Chairman of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said that the seizure of Captagon, with one suspect in the net, was the first in Sub-Sahara Africa.
The President disclosed this at the official flag-off of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure in Nigeria also known as the Deep Blue Project at the ENL Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos.
Clement Isong, Executive Secretary, MOMAN, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos while reacting to the emergence of queues in some petrol stations in some parts of the country
According to him, this is to allow for massive freight movement and free up Lagos roads.
At the Apapa seaport, about two million capsules of Tramadol, precisely 1,994,400 capsules, tucked in 554 cartons were intercepted in the container, which was falsely declared to contain ceramic tiles.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, Maiguwa said that because of poor infrastructure, the ports appeared as if they had large volumes of trade.
Amaechi said the job needed to be completed because President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to commission the project in January 2021.
The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday.
Bello said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on the sideline of the inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project by the Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
With this historic maiden voyage from its Export Terminal located in Apapa Port, Lagos over the weekend, Dangote has gradually made Nigeria, which until recently was one of the world’s largest bulk importers of cement, first self-sufficient in cement production and now an exporter of cement clinker to other countries.
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shipper’s Council, Hassan Bello, says Nigeria needs deep sea ports to attract bigger vessels and boost the economy.
Osinbajo, who is also the Executive Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on the Apapa Traffic Gridlock, said the decongestion of the Apapa port and its environ remained the focus of the Federal Government
The Federal Government’s withdrawal of the Nigerian Naval and other military formations from controlling traffic at the Apapa Port has been lauded as a welcome development by some truck owners.
So also did Sanwo-Olu, who spoke at an interactive session with his classmates at the Executive Master of Business Administration class, University of Lagos, 1998/2000 set, on Saturday promise to look into the operation of the Bus Rapid Transport in the state
The Nigeria Customs Service on Friday said it intercepted another 13 containers of Tramadol, a banned addictive substance, and other items at Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has seized 241 million Tramadol tablets in 11 containers, weighing 118 metric tonnes.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said that 28 40feet containers suspected to contain tramadol from India has been blocked from entry into the country.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has uncovered 340 million Tramadol tablets in 12 containers at the Apapa port in Lagos.
Some stakeholders in the maritime industry are calling for urgent intervention by the Federal Government to check the current congestion and gridlock within the Apapa seaport in Lagos.