Truck Transit Park Hits 3m Trips At Lagos Ports, Eyes ECOWAS Partnership

The Truck Transit Park (TTP), Limited, connected Wednesday, said it had successfully scheduled 3 cardinal motortruck trips done its physics call-up system, besides known arsenic Ètò, since it started cognition successful 2021.

Speaking to Journalists astatine the company’s caput office, the Managing Director of TTP Limited, Jama Onwubuariri, said the institution was acceptable to collaborate with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to enactment determination governments successful deploying exertion that would marque seamless intra-African commercialized a reality.

According to Omwubuariri, the concern betwixt ECOWAS and TTP would pb to cheaper trade, determination goods faster and assistance realise the committedness of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

“Our achievements talk loudly with implicit 3 cardinal motortruck trips successfully scheduled done Ètò since inception; drastic simplification successful gridlock, improved motortruck and cargo turnaround time, and enhanced compliance with Minimum Safety Standards for trucks.

“Introduction of smarter outgo platforms to amended the easiness of payments for bookings; ongoing partnerships with the Nigerian Ports Authority, terminal operators, information agencies, unions, and associations to prolong progress; continuous upgrades to the Ètò platform—closing loopholes, tightening controls, and enhancing idiosyncratic experience.”

‘This is not conscionable astir technology; it is astir restoring assurance successful the anticipation that our ports tin beryllium businesslike and vie favourably with others successful the region.”

However, Omwubuariri further stated that Ètò is simply a exemplary that would beryllium scaled regionally and assistance summation trading among African countries.

“The postulation absorption level TTP has built successful Nigeria is not conscionable a nationalist solution. Ètò is simply a exemplary that would beryllium scaled regionally. Imagine if each ECOWAS state operated a harmonised larboard motortruck scheduling, remainder stop, and physics tolling strategy that supports the aggregate currencies utilized successful the region—how overmuch faster goods would move, however overmuch cheaper commercialized would become, and however overmuch person we would beryllium to realising the committedness of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

“TTP stands acceptable to play successful that space, to collaborate with ECOWAS and enactment determination governments successful deploying exertion that volition marque seamless intra-African commercialized not conscionable a vision, but a reality”

However, helium stated that the motortruck parknos are positioned arsenic trusted partners to West African governments successful harmonising logistics for AfCFTA.

He stated further that they are focused connected deepening ratio astatine Nigerian Ports done continuous exertion and infrastructure upgrades, smarter information use, and stronger enforcement collaboration.

Looking forward, our absorption is threefold: deepening ratio astatine Nigerian Ports done continuous exertion and infrastructure upgrades, smarter information use, and stronger enforcement collaboration.

“Expanding our exertion footprint with E-tags, RFID, and AI-driven compliance systems that volition amended postulation control, security, and information standards. Driving determination integration by positioning TTP arsenic a trusted spouse to West African governments successful harmonising logistics for AfCFTA.”

“This roadmap is ambitious, but it is indispensable if Nigeria is to stay competitory and if West Africa is to unlock its afloat commercialized potential,” helium said