Author: Saint Augustine

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has described as begging the issue the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s claims that the report of the 2012 Presidential Retreat on Port reform was missing from the Ministry arguing that the Minister had no convincing excuse to give to the stakeholders for not implementing the content of the report. The National President of ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu who made this known in an exclusive interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos said that he was surprised that such statement could come from the Honourable Minister of Transportation since those…

Prince Olayiwola Shittu is the National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA). In this interview with our correspondent in Lagos, he bares his mind on the activities of the maritime industry in the first quarter of this year, the Minister of Transportation’s claim that the 2012 Presidential Retreat on Port Reforms report is missing, Practitioners Operating fee (POF) and many more. He also gives reason why the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) could not find its feet many years after establishment. Excerpts; The first quarter of 2016 has come and gone.…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has restated the Agency’s commitment to ensuring the welfare of all Dockworkers at the Nation’s Seaports. The DG made this known while addressing protesting Dockworkers from the ENL Terminal at the NIMASA Headquarters in Lagos. While briefing the DG on the reasons for their protest, the spokesman of the workers, Mr. Lekan Afolabi said that they have been working at the ENL terminal for the past 10 years without appointment letters. He said they were only recently issued the letters after they made their grievances…

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Malam Habib Abdullahi has enumerated some critical areas needed to be addressed in order to accelerate the clearance of goods under the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). According to the Managing Director, cumbersome procedures and obsolete legal framework were some of the factors militating against efficient and effective clearance of goods. Malam Habib was speaking in Lagos Monday while exchanging views with the World Bank team on support mission to the country on the implementation of the TFA. The team was in the country to conduct sight-seeing of operational activities and…

The Nigerian Shipowners’ Association (NISA) has declared its readiness to partner with the Federal Government of Nigeria on job creation for the unemployed Nigerians in the Nigerian Maritime industry. The President of the NISA, Engr. Aminu Umar who disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday said that the association intended to achieve this in a meeting it would hold with the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the new Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside where it would draw their attention to the maritime sector as an…

The 2016 edition of the biggest event in the Nigerian maritime industry, the Nigerian Maritime Expo (NIMAREX) has been scheduled to hold in the month of September, 2016. The President of the Nigerian Shipowners Association (NISA), Engr. Aminu Umar who announced this on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the end of the association’s general meeting in Lagos stated that the meeting was to seek the ratification and approval of the members for the event which used to hold in March to now hold in September, 2016. According to him,” In summary, our meeting today is the annual general meeting of…

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has welcomed the plan by the European Union (EU) to invest over 20 million Euros on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. A release signed by the Deputy Director/Head Public Relations of NIMASA, Hajia Lami Tumaka disclosed that the DG stated this when he received a delegation of the EU consultants led by Mr. Chris Hedley in his office on Monday. Dr. Peterside commended the EU for such an initiative and also called on other partners to collaborate with the Agency and Nigeria to…

Folake George is the Chairman, Association of Corporate Fleet Owners. In this interview with our correspondent, she bares her mind on the recent flag off of the implementation of minimum standard for trucks operating in the Western Ports by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the N10, 000.00 entry permit fee, reconstruction of ports access roads and many more. Sit back and enjoy the piece. Excerpt; What is your take on the recent implementation of the minimum standard for trucks plying the Western Ports by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)? Initially, the other arms of the association…

The Senate Monday advised the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of calumny against the Senate in order to cover up its serial errors. Reacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm of government on the 2016 budget, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, in a statement in Abuja, said the National Assembly had bent backwards to wring a coherent document out of the excessively flawed and chaotic versions of the budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly. He said, “While…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has faulted the National President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero over a statement credited to him where he disagreed with the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi over responsibility to repair port access roads. In a press release signed by the Head, Anti-Corruption and Technical Committee of NAGAFF, Chief Increase Uche and made available to Primetime Reporters, NAGAFF stated that Mr. Amiwero’s argument that it was the responsibility of NPA to repair Ports access roads, and that…