What is Eto Call-ups System? We know this is the question running through your mind.
Well, we will share with you what it is and how it can help reduce traffic jam in a part of Lagos State.
If you live in Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria and you are not familiar with traffic jam then you must be a new visitor.
Bad roads and poor road networks are problems causing congestion on roads in the city that is highly populated.
Everyone who lives in Lagos will be double excited if the traffic will go away by 50%.
People lose as much as six hours each day to traffic situations and that is on a very good day.
One of those axis with that kind of stress-inducing traffic is the Lekki-Epe road.
So, as part of the efforts to avoid traffic jam along Lekki-Epe axis, Truck Transit Park Limited (TTP) has adopted electronic call-up system popularly known as ‘Eto’ to the newly commissioned Lekki Deep Seaport.
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The management of TTP will deploy the technology-driven transportation solution provider at the Port as soon as it gets notifications from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to take off.
The Eto Call-up System
The Eto app will be implemented to curb the activities of truckers who had expressed readiness to flood Lekki Port after the arrival of a container ship, GSL Alice. The ship had come to the port recently to offload some cargoes for a firm in the Free Trade Zone.
Explaining further, the Managing Director of TTP Limited, Jama Onwubuariri, said that the deployment of Eto technology at the Lekki Port would ease traffic concerns around the area and also promote efficiency in the movement of cargoes in and out of the port.
Onwubuariri said the successes recorded at Apapa port with the Eto call-up system would be replicated at Lekki Port, adding that about 1.3 million port bound and non-port trucks have so far been processed via the Eto call-up system.
He added that the concerns over traffic gridlock that residents and businesses around the Lekki axis are currently expressing would be addressed.
“The electronic call-up system has successfully managed truck traffic in the Apapa and Tin-Can ports, and we are ready to deploy it at the Lekki Epe port.
Effective In Easing Traffic
“Our technology, Eto, has proven to be effective in easing traffic and promoting efficiency in the movement of cargo in and out of the ports.
“We are confident that similar success can be replicated in the Lekki Epe axis should the call-up system be introduced.
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“Given that our agreement covers all ports in Lagos State, we’re deeply engaging with the NPA, Lagos State Government (LASG), and other relevant stakeholders to ensure adequate planning and arrangements.
“Our team is set to deploy the technology immediately as soon as NPA notifies us of its readiness.
“We are confident that when the electronic call-up system is implemented in the Lekki-Epe axis, the concerns over traffic that residents and businesses are currently expressing will be eradicated to the barest minimum,” he said.
