LAGOS- Exhibitors and visitors have called on the organisers of the Lagos International Trade Fair to open more entrances to the trade fair ground.
On Friday in Lagos showed that many visitors were seen trekking long distances to the trade fair ground while many motorists were held up in traffic for hours.
Due to this constraint, most of the exhibitors could not erect their stands as their products and materials were in the vehicles stuck in the traffic outside the trade fair complex.
Mr. Dotun Oluwanbe, a visitor, said that he paid N200 for a parking space, but still had to trek for about an hour to get to fair ground.
He suggested that the organisers should ensure that cars were parked in areas not too far from the fair ground.
According to Miss Naomi Uzor, she trekked for about an hour to get to the only entrance to the trade fair ground.
Mr. Dotun Akinyemi, an exhibitor, said he was in the traffic for two hours with his goods, adding that he also had to pay N1,500 for car stickers to park at the car park.
“It was difficult gaining entrance here because we were not given passes which they promised.
“ I feel the organisers should have compiled the list of all the exhibitors to know those who have the pass and those that don’t,” Akinyemi said.
Mrs. Jumoke Alaba said that “entrance into here was terrible. In a programme of this magnitude, you expect hitches and crowd management has to be addressed”.
The Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Muda Yusuf, however, told NAN that the situation would get better as the fair progresses.
He said that more entrances would be opened up for free vehicular and human movement.
This year’s edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair has the theme: “Turning the global economic crisis into new opportunities”.
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