Transporters want NPA to unbundle e-call-up system

The Council of Maritime Transport Union and Association (COMTUA) says the Nigerian Ports Authority should unbundle its e-call-up system (Eto) to help curb extortion at the port corridor. Information Guide Nigeria

According to PEOPLES GAZETTE, this was disclosed by the outgoing president of COMTUA, Thompson Olaleye on Thursday during the maiden edition of the 2021 Delegate Convention of COMTUA in Lagos State.

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PEOPLES GAZETTE reports that Olaleye said: “The issue of extortion along the ports access roads is a major reason why the NPA E-call-up system needs to be unbundled. It seems the entire space is too big for the E-call-up manager, the Truck Transit Parks (TTP ), to manage.

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“If another company is allowed to handle Tin Can while TTP focuses on Apapa, the issue of extortion and other discrepancies won’t exist. If there is competition, the managers of the TTP will deliver in a better way.”

According to Mr Olaleye, from Mile 2 down to Tin Can, there was no central control system for checking truckers documents or papers.

He added that the only thing one could see were illegal checkpoints mounted by some associations that had pulled out of the COMTUA and were collecting different monies from port users.

“If Eto is unbundled, there will be competition. The traffic managers will perform more effectively. Currently, the entire port area seems to be too big for just one company to handle.”

Speaking on the reason two of its founding members pulled out of the association, Mr Olaleye said: “It was agreed that no member should collect money on the port access road due to the menace it causes, but they refused. Jamb Result

“After fruitless efforts to make them see reason, they have left COMTUA, and as I speak to you, their members are on the roads between Mile 2 and TinCan, collecting money from truckers.”