Lagos Tightens Port Corridor Enforcement, Targets Truckers Over E-Call-Up Compliance

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to intensify enforcement along the Apapa and Lekki port corridors to ensure compliance with the state’s E-Call-Up system for articulated trucks.

The decision followed an assessment of traffic management operations around the two major port corridors, where authorities identified gaps in the existing enforcement process.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, disclosed this during a strategy meeting at the Ministry of Transportation in Alausa. He said the enforcement strategy would be rejigged to address identified weaknesses and improve the movement of trucks in and out of the ports.

Giwa said additional traffic management personnel would be deployed to the Lekki Port corridor to strengthen compliance with the E-Call-Up system. He also directed officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to remain committed to effective enforcement.

The meeting was attended by the General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, the agency’s Director of Operations, controllers, Commanders Zebras and other senior officers responsible for the two corridors.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation, Olawale Musa, said a shift system would be introduced for LASTMA personnel operating along the Apapa and Lekki corridors to ensure continuous enforcement.

Musa added that officers found to be underperforming would be redeployed, while operators of illegal truck parks around the ports were warned to comply with the state’s operational guidelines.

The Lagos E-Call-Up system is a digital platform designed to regulate the movement, entry and parking of heavy-duty trucks and tankers around major port and industrial corridors, particularly Apapa and the Lekki-Epe axis.

The state government disclosed in May that more than 28,000 trucks had been registered under the Lekki-Epe electronic call-up system, alongside about 11,000 transport operators.

The registrations cover truck movements around major facilities including the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Lekki Deep Sea Port and the Lekki Free Zone, as authorities seek to prevent traffic gridlock and disorder along the rapidly developing industrial corridor.

The Ministry of Transportation has urged truck owners, operators and other stakeholders to comply voluntarily with the E-Call-Up system, warning that subsequent requests for clemency from violators would not be entertained once enforcement begins.

The renewed enforcement is expected to strengthen traffic management and promote more orderly movement of articulated trucks along the Apapa and Lekki port corridors.