PEBEC Port Access Clearance Begins Thursday, LASTCOC Urges Truckers’ Full Compliance

The Chairman of the Lagos State Truck and Cargo Operators Committee (LASTCOC), Alhaji Lukman Shittu Zangalo, has called on all maritime truck operators to fully support the forthcoming Ports Road Clearance Operations of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), scheduled to commence on Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Speaking during a virtual meeting with PEBEC officials on Monday, Alhaji Zangalo described the operation as a welcome development aimed at promoting ease of doing business, restoring traffic sanity and orderliness, and addressing the persistent menace of extortion and multiple illegal checkpoints along the Apapa and Tin Can Port access roads.

The LASTCOC chairman lamented the numerous hardships truckers are currently enduring as a result of incessant extortion by unauthorised personnel and other exploitative practices perpetrated against truck operators within the port corridors.

He assured PEBEC of LASTCOC’s full cooperation in achieving a more efficient and conducive operational environment for truckers and other maritime stakeholders.

Alhaji Zangalo further advised truck operators to desist from indiscriminate parking on the roads and to ensure compliance with all operational guidelines ahead of the enforcement exercise.

He specifically directed that truckers ensure their vehicles are duly captured on the export manifest before proceeding to the ports, that broken-down trucks are immediately removed from access roads, that the approved single-lane arrangement is strictly adhered to, and that operators conduct themselves in an orderly manner throughout the exercise.

He warned that failure to comply with these directives may attract heavy penalties and sanctions during the enforcement operation.