A Chairmanship aspirant in the forthcoming chapter elections of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Mr. Ibrahim Tanko has taken a swoop on the immediate past Chairman of Apapa chapter of the association, Dr. Fred Ajuzie accusing him of performing below expectation in his six years leadership of the chapter.
Ibrahim who made this position known in a chat with Primetime Reporters in Lagos said that by the time he assumes office as the Chairman of the chapter, he will erase every memory of Dr. Ajuzie and silence the name with the novel achievements he would bring to bear in the chapter.
He pointed out that on assuming office, his priority would be to secure a secretariat for members of the association in Apapa in the heart of the Apapa port, preferably at the Nnewi Building where there is a large concentration of freight forwarders even as he said that he had started making effort in that regards.
“I know that Fred, sorry to use this word, didn’t do well and he is my friend. But I know that I will make that name to be silent, that Fred, Fred, Fred and my intention is to get a secretariat for NAGAFF members in Apapa and where I want to get that secretariat is where the population of agents are, Nnewi building. I have already made a move to that effect. I bet you, before one year, you will know that there is a leader in Apapa.
“Do you know why they call me that name Panadol? It is not that I am a drug, no! But I take your pain and give you a relief anywhere in this Apapa. So, that is me, I don’t change. And let me tell you one thing, if you are doing the wrong thing, you cannot say a word to the Customs otherwise, customs will send you to jail, if not, this thing that you hear Tanko, Tanko, customs would have finished me. If our founder is doing the wrong thing that is against the law, do you think that he will have mouth to be saying all the things he is saying? A core union person supposed to be clean”, he said.
On what he intends to achieve as the Chairman of Apapa chapter of NAGAFF, he said,” First and foremost, I want to lift that name NAGAFF in Apapa. If you look at it now, NAGAFF and ANLCA are almost dead in Apapa. Can you compare NAGAFF when you talk of Airport and Apapa? Apapa supposed to be number one because this is a premier port. Ordinary secretariat, we don’t have in Apapa, agents have no place that when issues come up, they will run into. If you can remember very well, before now, you will see ANLCA and NAGAFF, if they are going to anywhere, they will enter their association’s buses, where is NAGAFF bus? Where is ANLCA’s bus? They are dead.
“If anything happens to agents today, nobody will come and speak on behalf of that agent. Do you know what is happening, they will now run to the founder, must founder be doing this? So, when there is nobody, that means that NAGAFF is dead. We need to have a leader, if you are in Apapa, if something happens to you, you run to that particular person, that person should solve that problem. If you are in Tincan, you run to that person, to somebody who is on ground, anything that will come to the founder should be a national issue not chapter issue”.
He therefore advised members of the association in Apapa not to sell their votes saying that once they do, it has a way of getting back at them.
However, all attempts made to reach Dr. Ajuzie for his reaction failed as his phones were not reachable as at the time of filing this report.
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