Following the seven days industrial embarked upon by truckers at Apapa ports to protest alleged extortion by security agencies, which has since been called off, customs agents have appealed to terminal operators and shipping companies to grant them waivers on demurrage which had accrued on the consignment that were trapped at the ports during the crisis.
This is just as some licenced customs agents and freight forwarders in the maritime sector have threatened to stop paying customs duties and other charges to terminal operators and shipping companies on account of the industrial action.
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