![]() ![]() ![]() In the medium term, the facility was to being touted to add value to specific cargo segments by providing specialist bonded warehousing and distribution services through partnerships while the long-term focus, mainly for export, is to aid economic diversification through logistics services aimed at growing exports. For instance, in the short term, Lilypond was to become the Lagos agro perishables hub, linked directly with other cold chain investments it was also be used both as a local distribution centre and export-processing hub. This initiative is believed to be in tandem with objectives of domestic food security and agro-export for enhanced foreign exchange earnings, thereby encourage non-oil exports. Therefore, by implication, in addition to being an overflow container depot, it also became an export processing centre to boost agricultural export. For instance, in 2017, the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, was at the facility to flag off yam export. The government has tried without success to make Lilypond also functional. No vessel has been stemmed here,” Olabanji said, adding that more than 300 clearing agents have suffered job loss as a result of the situation. This thing has been going on for over four years, and no vessel has been stemmed to Tin Can 2 Lilypond Terminal. “The terminal had remained idle since and even transit containers that were to be sent there were not delivered we don’t know what the problem. This situation, he further said, has left his members at a loss as to why and how the terminal has been brought on its knees, especially when it is considered that the terminal is the closest to Apapa ports, which should make the flow of containers to the facility easy. This situation, according to the Chairman, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANALCA), Lilypond Chapter, Femi Olabanji, has persisted for about four years. Their troubles, they claim, were not unconnected with the non-stemming of containers from Apapa ports to the facility by APMT, making it impossible to get jobs. ![]()
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