The vacation order and ultimatum issued to truck owners/drivers by the Lagos State Government will have devastating effect on the country’s economy, the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners and Petroleum Tanker Drivers, have said. According to the unions, the order may worsen the state of fuel scarcity in various states across the country. They, however, called on their members to abide by the order. The National President, NARTO, Mr. Kassim Bataiya, and his PTD counterpart, Mr. Salimon Oladiti, in a joint statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja, stated that only six depots out of the 54 loading depot facilities in Lagos had petroleum. On Wednesday, the Lagos State Government, in its bid to address the traffic gridlock in Apapa and other parts of the state, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to truck owners and drivers. In the ultimatum, it mandated the truck owners/driver to remove their trucks out of Lagos until there is availability of petroleum products in ...
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