The Nationwide Affiliation of Street Transport Homeowners (NARTO) and the Maritime Staff Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have opposed the Lagos State Authorities’s introduction of a N12,500 levy on vehicles accessing the Lekki Deep Seaport below the E-Name Up system.
Their considerations have been outlined in a press release by MWUN’s Head of Media, Mr. John Kennedy Ikemefuna, and reported by the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
In accordance with the assertion, the levy is being enforced by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation as a part of efforts to control truck motion by way of an digital call-up system on the port.
The implementation of the E-Name Up system—and the related N12,500 cost—formally resumed on June 16, 2025, after an preliminary rollout in September 2024 was suspended in March 2025 following resistance from stakeholders.
“The Nationwide Street Transport Homeowners (NARTO) and Maritime Staff Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have frowned over the applied E-Name Up system levy of N12,500 per truck.
“The Head of Media, MWUN, Mr John Kennedy Ikemefuna, mentioned in a press release made obtainable to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
“Ikemefuna mentioned the N12,500 levy was collected on the Lekki Deep Blue Seaport by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation,” the NAN report learn partly.
Ikemefuna said that NARTO had beforehand written to the Ministry to oppose the levy, citing the rising value of petroleum merchandise and the broader {economic} hardship dealing with operators.
He described the choice to impose the cost with out prior stakeholder session as poorly timed and warned that it might additional pressure the funds of transporters.
The unions emphasised that whereas they assist structured regulation and visitors management by way of the E-Name Up system, the {financial} impression of the N12,500 levy calls for pressing overview.
They urged the Lagos State Authorities to provoke significant engagement with transport stakeholders to reach at a good and sensible answer.
In a associated growth, the Impartial Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria (IPMAN), South West Zone, had earlier instructed its members to boycott the Lekki hall in protest in opposition to the identical cost, warning that it might disrupt gasoline logistics and provide throughout the area.
The Lekki-Epe hall, house to key infrastructure just like the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Dangote Refinery, and main industrial estates, has seen a surge in truck visitors and worsening congestion.
Beneath the revised system, operators should add their Authority to Load (ATL) paperwork and guide parking slots earlier than gaining entry. To assist this, Lagos accredited seven truck parks alongside the hall, geared up with restrooms, kitchens, and electrical energy to enhance driver welfare.
