Dantsoho Staves Off Planned Strike By Truck Unions

Dantsoho Staves Off Planned Strike By Truck Unions

By prince Benson Davies

Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho Monday, September 9, 2024, staved off the planned strike action by the Consortium of Trucking Unions and Associations Under the Auspices of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO).

Executive Director Marine & Operations, Engr. Olalekan Badmus, who Represented the MD NPA Dantsoho, appealing to the workers during the meeting, said NPA will work with the Lagos State Government and the Police High Command to urgently address your concerns and prevent any downtime by a critical aspect of the Ports logistics value chain that the Maritime Trucking Community constitutes. The national economy cannot afford any shutdown at this time”.

The meeting, which culminated in the signing of a communiqué addressing the Truckers’ grievances and subsequent suspension of planned strike action, had in attendance the Special Adviser on Transportation to the Lagos State Governor, Hon. Sola Giwa, Lagos Commissioner of Police and the Port Authority Police Command, the National President Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) Chief Remi Ogungbemi, the General Manager LASTMA, Mr. Bakare Oki Olalekan, Chairperson of the Corporate Fleet Truck Owners Association, Mrs Folake Soji George, the Chairman of the Lagos State Truck & Cargo Operators’ Committee (LASTOC) Alhaji Lukman Shittu, and others industry leaders.

Consortium of Trucking Unions and Associations Under the Auspices widespread cases of extortion and attacks on truckers by hoodlums and miscreants.”