Echoes filtering from the Lagos-Seme dual carriage road are not
musical to the ears. Anger, distress and sadness Daily Sun learnt are
resonating in the air following the myriad of problems many that use the
road have been left to deal with on daily basis. Commuters, traders,
businessmen and women and even officials of the Nigerian Custom Service
and other nationals using the road are complain about the deplorable
state the facility lately.
They are united in their will and words that the state of things on
the road is sending trans border trade between the country and other
members of the ECOWAS sub region crashing down hill. Many failed
portions of the road are increasing by the day. And with the increasing
presence of bandits waylaying unsuspecting commuters at the bad spots,
traveling on the road has become nothing but a nightmare. Now, some
stakeholders are saying that unless the Federal government begins to
rehabilitate the road, businesses that depend on it to thrive will die
off and that may not be long.
Some of such businesses Daily Sun gathered are mainly transport services and cross border trading. And there is no forgetting the revenue officials of the Customs Service operating at the border post collect on dutiable goods. The later can increase or decrease depending on if the safety and condition of the road. Daily Sun gathered that in the past months, the Customs command’s revenue profile in the third quarter of 2012 shows a steady decline apparently due to many traders shunning to use the road because of its worsening situation.
According to the Public Relations Officer, (PRO) Nigerian Customs Service, Seme Border Command, DSC Olota Ernest, the nature of the road taken a drastic toll on the revenue returns of the command in the last couple of months. He said the month of August was particularly affected when the ECOWAS trans border, Cargoes Truck Drivers’ Union, down tools in protest against the deteriorating nature of the road.
Some of such businesses Daily Sun gathered are mainly transport services and cross border trading. And there is no forgetting the revenue officials of the Customs Service operating at the border post collect on dutiable goods. The later can increase or decrease depending on if the safety and condition of the road. Daily Sun gathered that in the past months, the Customs command’s revenue profile in the third quarter of 2012 shows a steady decline apparently due to many traders shunning to use the road because of its worsening situation.
According to the Public Relations Officer, (PRO) Nigerian Customs Service, Seme Border Command, DSC Olota Ernest, the nature of the road taken a drastic toll on the revenue returns of the command in the last couple of months. He said the month of August was particularly affected when the ECOWAS trans border, Cargoes Truck Drivers’ Union, down tools in protest against the deteriorating nature of the road.
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