Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has visited Apapa where he outlined measures to tackle untold gridlock in the area.

Sanwo-Olu who had vowed to end the Apapa gridlock in 60 days, said a terminal that could take 1,000 trucks would be completed next month.

The governor, in company of his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, inspected facilities in the area and the probable solution to curbing gridlock in the area.

Sanwo-Olu commended the Federal Government for setting up a Presidential Task Force that would work with the state government to resolve the gridlock in Apapa.

He said his government had discovered that the problem of Apapa was multi-faceted and that one agency could not resolve the issue.

According to Sanwo-Olu, from interactions with the stakeholders, it was discovered that NPA had a concession company, APMT, saying his government realised that there was a disconnect in the activities of picking and dropping of containers in the ports.

The governor stated that another solution to ending the Apapa gidlock was the land within the Tin Can Port, which he said, would need the cooperation of the federal and state governments.

“We will need to move the people that are occupying the land because the occupants are illegal squatters. We need to source for money to complete the project. There are other smaller terminals that the committee is working on. The final solution is around the corner because if it will take us lesser time to get here.

“We are hoping in due cause, we will get all these issues behind us. But the final solutions to ending the gridlock within Apapa is an economic solution. We need to build another port. It is a long term solution. We will take it upon ourselves with the support of the NPA to develop the Lekki and Badagry ports,” he added.