Inside corruption, extortion choking Nigeria’s ports

•Truckers, importers lament 34 checkpoints, N85bn annual loss
By Steve Agbota                                    
styvenchy@yahoo.com 
The federal government’s sustained efforts to improve cargo evacuation, restore sanity on the Apapa and Tin Can port corridors and enhance the ease of doing business are once again facing a major test as truckers, importers and freight forwarders have raised fresh alarm over what they describe as an organised web of extortion allegedly operated by government security and traffic agencies along Nigeria’s busiest port access roads.
Despite repeated crackdowns on illegal checkpoints and several interventions coordinated by the Nigerian Ports Author...