For 5 years now, NPA again reassures delivery of stocked Tin-Can Trailer Park
Recalling that the development of Tin-Can Trailer Park was a project idealized and started former administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the current government through the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), have been assuring and reassuring on the completion ever since September 2015 when the cabinet was inaugurated six months after swearing in.
Investigations by our correspondent showed that virtually all the truckers’ unions have lost faith in the ability of the NPA to complete the scheme upon the massive generation of revenue by the federal agency.
However, only recently and after the gridlock caused by blockages of all port access roads by tankers and trailers have compounded ease of doing business within the port city of Apapa, the General Manager, Corporation Communications at NPA, Mr. Jatto Adams opened up, claiming that some technicalities were responsible for stalling in the take-off of its trailer park.
Speaking to some media executives in Lagos, he revealed that the Federal Ministry of Works, Housing and Power had finally gotten approval for the completion of the park.
In his claims, the NPA chief averred that “The Park as you know, is located beside the shoreline. So, it is the barricade of the shoreline that needs to be protected.
“Now that the work has been approved, the park will soon come alive as the port area will be free of gridlock” he said.
While revealing that the 700- truck Capacity Park scheme is currently about 90 per cent completion for private sector management, some of the would-be users still expressed fears on the true completion of the project as insinuated by the NPA.
