Besides, it can generate over N60 billion monthly. However, the facility has been idle for long, despite its concession over 10 years ago. The owner appears unsure of what to do with the terminal. The Nigerian Ports Authority is contemplating converting it to a trailer park. Assistant Editor MUYIWA LUCAS writes on the intricacies of the matter.
But following its concession in 2006 to Maersk Line, a sister company to AP Moller Terminal , for a 10-year period by the Nigerian Ports Authority , the scope of things changed for the facility, likewise the fortunes of stakeholders in the terminal. APMT Apapa is the largest container facility in terms of capacity in Lagos. It is also the largest container terminal in the West African subregion, having doubled container traffic after concession began in 2006.
The government has tried without success to make Lilypond also functional. For instance, in 2017, the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, was at the facility to flag off yam export. Therefore, by implication, in addition to being an overflow container depot, it also became an export processing centre to boost agricultural export.
“There should have been consignments leaving the ports for Lilypond to reduce the pressure from Apapa. APMT got the concession; ran it for some time.They used Maerskline to get Apapa Bulk terminal because they wanted to control the transport value chain. But nobody monitored APMT and the concession agreement was not fulfilled. So, they abandoned the agreement,” Amiwero said.
“For over four years, this facility has been losing over N60 billion per month as revenue that should have accrued to it from cargo clearing. Lilypond is a full customs command, where officers are doing nothing; not generating revenue from this facility, but earning salary, about 400 of them, including other security personnel. This is a big waste to the economy,” he said.The experiment with Lilypond continues.
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