Estimates of what Apapa and Tin Can Island congestion costs Nigeria differ by source and methodology: the African Centre for Supply Chain puts annual bottleneck losses at 14.2 billion dollars; the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimates roughly 2.5 trillion Naira a year in business losses from port and infrastructure inefficiency; a separate widely cited figure puts congestion losses at 7.6 trillion Naira annually; and at points of acute crisis, operators have reported losses as high as 140 billion Naira a week. The common thread across every estimate is that the electronic truck call-up system meant to fix
this has repeatedly collapsed under alleged racketeering, most recently in late 2025 and again in mid-2026.