Multi-trade, AMATO to acquire 2,000 new trucks
Multi-Trade Nigeria Limited, has entered into partnership with the leadership of Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO), to provide 2,000 new trucks to enable the truck owners replace their rickety ones with which they presently ply the nation’s roads. The partnership which has resulted in the importation of the first batch of the trucks for the association’s members on hire purchase, will also see the drivers moving to its new 5,000-truck holding bay, located within the International Trade Fair Complex, along Lagos – Badagry expressway. Speaking in Apapa, Lagos, chairman of AMATO, Mr. Remi Ogungbemi, expressed happiness with the development which they believe will improve their business. Ogungbemi said the development of the new holding bay will help solve the problem of parking space created after the concession of the nation’s port terminal. According to him, the most challenging problem confronting the truck operators has been the dearth of modern truck terminals, since the e...