The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has issued a stern warning against the illegal stripping of containers along the port access road.

The Managing Director of NPA, MOHAMMED BELLO-KOKO made this known when he paid an unscheduled visit to Tin-Can Island Port where he inspected designated container stripping yards and the port access roads to ensure trucks are not loitering.

He noted that the NPA would deal decisively with perpetrators of the unwholesome practice.

On the scarcity in some of the stripping yards, he acknowledged the impact of global economic upheavals on cargo flow and reiterated that a low business downturn could not constitute a justification for illegality.

He revealed that proposals for well-equipped stripping yards, referred to as devanning yards, are receiving accelerated attention, signalling a shift from illegal roadside stripping.

He noted that on the sustainability of the measures, the NPA would collaborate with other government agencies and the Lagos state government to ensure that such unhealthy practices no longer take place along the port access road.