The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has said that the outgoing Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello is the most and qualified professional to take after the current Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
Recall that Barr. Hassan Bello shall be leaving the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in the next two weeks having served his two terms of four years each.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, the founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam had described Bello as the most productive Chief Executive Officer of the Government of the Federation deployed at the maritime transport and cargo administration in Nigeria adding that “Barr Hassan Bello is not only a bundle of humility in service, he is competent and professionally endowed in his area of primary assignment.”
“Therefore, it shall be strategic on the part of NAGAFF from its vantage position to suggest to the Hon Minister of Transport- Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amechi that Barr Hassan Bello is the most appropriate and qualified professional person to take after him and continue with the levels of positive impact he has made in the Transportation Ministry. This simply means that he is well positioned to advise Mr. President in that regard whenever his tenure is ended as the Minister of transport”, Aniebonam added.
He maintained that NAGAFF was highly concerned over who becomes the Hon. Minister of Transport saying, “We are concerned because we need a professional Transportation Minister who is knowledgeable in ports administration and management. We need a Transportation Minister who is conversant with ports operations and service delivery. We want a Transportation Minister who understands cargo administration, freight forwarding practices and logistics services. We want a Transportation Minister who understands that corruption is an enemy of Nigeria. We want a Transportation Minister who can bridge the existing gap between the Finance Ministry and Transportation Ministry in-relation to formulation of traded goods, fiscal policies and customs facilitation.”
Aniebonam further said, “We need a Transportation Minister who can rejig CRFFN to serve its purpose and bridge the avoidable circumstances around the customs and CRFFN Acts. This is because there is a suspected fear of the unknown in the area of territorial boundaries and protection. It is normal in every human endeavor but really it is a mere lack of communication.
“The emergence of CRFFN administration is the tonic the Nigeria Customs Service needed to block all channels of revenue leakages in their operations. The Nigeria Customs Service is losing so much revenue due to the government because they are mostly dealing with artificial persons other than natural persons.”
Photo: Founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam.
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