Residents and business owners in the vicinity of the Apapa ports have slammed the federal government on its failure to deliver campaign promises in fixing the roads and decongesting the area from traffic situations.
In his words, “At times I do not take my vehicle; I take a commercial vehicle, sometimes I trek or take a bike. We have lost virtually all our clients, nobody comes to our offices again. Once you tell them your office is in Apapa that is the end.”“The risk is in the discomfort of going on commercial vehicles or a bike, attacks from the area boys and so on.
“During the 2015 campaign, Fashola used the Apapa/Oshodi expressway as a campaign tool against the then government.” Similarly, the Port Manager at Tin Can Island Port, Emmanuel Akporherhe, said that the port was facing the effect of the bad road and heavy traffic on the port access road.He equally noted that the traffic gridlock is not only threatening port but having a negative impact on the members of her staff.