Author: Saint Augustine

Public Affairs analyst, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has advised Nigerians not to expect more from the political leaders of this country this year as economic activities and governance will only be witnessed in the first half of the year after which political activities takes over the second half up till end of first quarter of 2019 as a result of preparations for the 2019 general election. Chukwu who was reacting to the 2019 election timetable recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) however said that leaders at different levels of government would try to put up some performance to…

The National President, Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transportation of Nigeria (ATBOWATN), Mr. Ganiyu sekoni Balogun has scored the government low in water hyacinth removal from the nation’s waterways.. Balogun who made his feelings known in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos recently admitted that government had been doing the much it could in removing water hyacinth from the waterways but was quick to add the more needed to be done to put the menace on check. He however blamed the inability of the government to totally eradicate water hyacinth from the waterways on the civil servants…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has informed stakeholders and port users of the renewed vigour and determination of management at improving the present state of infrastructure to meeting world class standards towards ensuring the swift evacuation of cargo from the seaports across the country to the hinterlands through the rail lines. According to her, management was fully aware of the state of congestion at the ports caused by the bad roads within the Port axis. This she regretted has led to a reduction in revenue accruable to the organization as well as the…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has frowned at the delay on the of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to implement the uniformed value on imported vehicles approved by the Comptroller-General of Customs months after the association and the Service set up joint committee to that effect. The National Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto who made the position of the association known while declaring his intention to run for the office of the Vice President of the association at the Tincan Island port last week hinted that there was a committee jointly set up by the…

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said that it will put up a position paper to the Federal Ministry of Finance on the need for customs agents to renew their licenses once in three years. The National Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto who made this assertion during his campaign flag off at the Tincan Island Port Chapter of the association recently said that if elected, he would work with the President to make it a reality. Farinto who is contesting for the post of Vice President in the forthcoming elections of the association noted that…

The Managing Director of Cowry Assets Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu has given reasons why inflation rate in Nigeria defied all predictions suggesting that it would slide down to lower double digits before the end of the year 2017 which turned out not to be so. Chukwu said that the prediction was hinged on base effect saying that the reason why it had not gone down as much as expected was partly due to the impact of imported food items in the food basket of Nigerians. He added that imported food transmit the foreign exchange rate to consumer prices even…

…Calls for establishment of floating fuel stations The Managing Director, Gani Tarzan Marine Enterprises Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ganiyu Sekoni Balogun has said that the number of accidents recorded on the nation’s waterways in 2017 was reduced when compared with what it used to be in the previous years. Balogun who made this assertion in an interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Sunday said that the feat was achieved following the removal of wrecks buried along the nation’s waterways by the authorities concerned as well as the massive channelization embarked upon last year by the Lagos state government. He noted…

Mr. Kenneth Okoro-Obi Chidozie is the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Globe Gate West Africa Limited. In this interview with our correspondent in Lagos, he speaks on his aspiration to become the Chairman of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), his manifestoes for the election and his opponent in the election. Excerpt; It was said that you are contesting for the position of Chairman of NAGAFF Tincan Island Port chapter, what could you say is pushing you to contest for this position? I believe you were present during my flag off day and you heard my address. So,…

…To deliver 3,000MW in three years The Lagos State Government has perfected plans to bring about a quantum leap to the State’s economy in 2018 through the Embedded Power Supply Project and the review of the Land Use Charge Law. The power project, aimed at delivering an estimated 3,000 Megawatts to homes and industries, is expected to lift the economy of Lagos which is Nigeria’s industrial hub, while the revised Land Use Charge Law had been designed to improve the values of property in the State. The State’s House of Assembly had last week announced the passage of two bills…

As activities at the Kaduna Dry Port gathers momentum, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has warned the Management of ICNL, the operator of the Dry Port and the Federal Government not to allow a replication of the mistakes made at the conception stage of the nation’s seaport in the new facility. The association which made the call through its National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Dr. Kayode Farinto advised that the dry port should be made to be a viable alternative to the seaport adding that the management of the facility should do all it could to entice the…