The Ports Manager, Lagos Port Complex (LPC) Mr Nasir
Mohammed said food vendors would be allowed back into the port after a dislodgement
exercise to rid the premises of unwanted businesses.
Mohammed said food vendors would be allowed back into the port after a dislodgement
exercise to rid the premises of unwanted businesses.
Mohammed,who disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday in Lagos, said the decision was to make life more
comfortably for port users and workers.
comfortably for port users and workers.
He said this followed a meeting with officials of customs,
police and other service providers at the port who requested that few food
vendors be allowed back.
police and other service providers at the port who requested that few food
vendors be allowed back.
According to him, a committee has been set up to decide
the choice of food canteen operators that will be allowed back.
the choice of food canteen operators that will be allowed back.
He also disclosed that the Health and Safety department
would be a part of the exercise to ensure proper adherence to food safety
regulations.
would be a part of the exercise to ensure proper adherence to food safety
regulations.
The Manager said the food canteen operators would,however,
be required to pay a levy because they will use the NPA’s amenities like
electricity, water and waste disposal facilities.
be required to pay a levy because they will use the NPA’s amenities like
electricity, water and waste disposal facilities.
“The few of the food business owners, who will now operate
inside the port after the dislodgement of squatters from the port, will have to
pay some money to the NPA.
inside the port after the dislodgement of squatters from the port, will have to
pay some money to the NPA.
“This is simply because they make use of electricity,
water and waste disposal services provided by the NPA.
water and waste disposal services provided by the NPA.
“They are here for business and should be able to part
with the little they will be required to pay,” Mohammed said.
with the little they will be required to pay,” Mohammed said.
It would be recalled that that the LPC had embarked on a cleaning
exercise of the port, to send away operators of small businesses such as food
vending, without proper authorization by the NPA.
exercise of the port, to send away operators of small businesses such as food
vending, without proper authorization by the NPA.
It, however, agreed after a meeting with some government
agencies like the Police and the Nigeria Customs Service, that some of the food
canteen operators could remain in the port, but with proper authorisation.
agencies like the Police and the Nigeria Customs Service, that some of the food
canteen operators could remain in the port, but with proper authorisation.
