Nigeria: As Dangote Moves to Stop N20bn Daily Loss in Maritime Sector

19 February 2018

The nightmare being experienced daily on the dilapidated port access road may soon come to an end as the president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has assured that the Apapa Port Wharf concrete road currently under construction by his company, AG Dangote would be delivered on schedule to save the people and businesses the hassles of the traffic gridlock being experienced now.

The Apapa Port road which is the artery of the nation's non-oil economy, has been in a state of disrepair over a long period of time with experts claiming that the nation loses about N20 billion daily owing to the state of dilapidation of the road as imports are trapped in the ports for days as a result of traffic gridlock generated by the bad road.

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