Author: Saint Augustine

… As Aviation Minister Cautions Clearing Agents Against Unruly Behaviour Barely three weeks of crises that eventually resulted to the closure of the two cargo sheds, namely; Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL)  at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport(MMIA), the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi on Wednesday, ordered that they should be reopened for business. But, the casualty appeared to be the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Murtala Mohammed Airport Command, Mr  Tajudeen Olarenwaju who have been removed and replaced with the Controller of the Ports and…

…Describes action as needless The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has condemned the last withdrawal of service by the Freight Forwarders operating at Apapa Port against the AP Moller terminals (APMT) and ENL terminals describing it as a needless exercise. Recall that the Freight Forwarders operating at the Apapa Port under the aegis of Joint Associations Committee comprising of four freight forwarding associations and a trucking association last month embarked on a twelve days withdrawal of service to protest what they called arbitrary charges by the authorities of the terminals. In a press statement issued on Monday…

The National President, Association of Nigerian Licen      \ed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince OlayiwolaShittu has called on the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) to organize periodic trainings for Licensed Customs Agents in the maritime industry to keep them abreast of their operations and activities. Shittu who was speaking on the sideline of the stakeholders’ forum organized by SON for maritime industry in Lagos last week said that such trainings would enable them to know their left from their right with regard to standards. According to him,” the training is not like sending us to school for two, three years or four…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Malam Habib Abdullahi has expressed the Authority’s preparedness to partner with relevant stakeholders, including the Nigerian Indigenous Ship-owners Association (NISA) so as to achieve the desired development of the maritime sector of the economy. Malam Abdullahi who made the pledge in Lagos while receiving the newly elected executive members of the NISA who paid him a courtesy visit in his office last week, reiterated that all the stakeholders have a common stake in the overall growth of the nation’s maritime sector. The Managing Director noted that the authority held the Association in high…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to consider collaborating with the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as a means of riding the airport terminals and warehouses of touts and hoodlums. The National President of NAGAFF, Dr. Eugene Nweke who made this known while interacting with newsmen in his office in Lagos last week said unless the service considers the option of working with CRFFN with a view of identifying who is a freight forwarder, they may found out that they were only scrubbing the…

The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has called on the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar to lift the suspension on the collection of the Internally Generated Revenue otherwise known as transaction fee. Speaking during the official commissioning of the Freight Forwarders’ Headquarters and the commencement of a five day training programme for the staff of the CRFFN by the Honourable Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar in Lagos on Monday, the Registrar of the Council, Sir Mike Jukwe noted that the appeal became necessary to enable the council execute its numerous planned activities. Jukwe…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised its members who were licensed by the Nigeria Customs Service as its agents to take advantage of the ongoing inspection by the Customs License Inspection Committee at the NAGAFF headquarters in Lagos to verify their status with a view to renewing their licenses in the coming year. The National President of NAGAFF, Dr. Eugene Nweke who made this call in Lagos in a chat with newsmen last week said the exercise which was now brought down to Lagos as against the practice of freight forwarders having to travel to…

Barely two weeks after the suspension of the withdrawal of services embarked upon by the freight forwarders at Apapa on November 3, 2014, indications are rife that another withdrawal of service may be in the offing. It will be recalled that the Freight forwarders operating at Apapa in Lagos State under the aegis of Joint Association Committee (JAC) earlier this month withdrew their services at the AP Moller Terminals (APMT) and ENL Terminals over alleged high handedness and inefficient service delivery. However, the action was on the 14th of November, 2014 resolved with the aid of the Commissioner of Police,…

…Says announcement misleading The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has faulted a paid public announcement by the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) describing the announcement as misleading and an abuse of privilege. ANLCA had on Wednesday issued an announcement on a Radio programme informing the freight forwarders and the general public that henceforth, the ongoing training programme by the Nigeria Customs service at its National Secretariat was a prerequisite for the renewal of licenses by the Nigeria customs Service. However, in a press release issued on Wednesday by the National Protocol/Head of Special Duties NAGAFF,…

There was a mild drama Wednesday at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Festac Town in Lagos, venue of a one day stakeholders forum on the maritime industry with the theme,” Seamless Importation: Building Stakeholders Synergy and Fostering Trade Without Compromising Standards”, organized by the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) when the two factional Presidents of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) Mr. Lucky Amiwero and Chief Festus Ejiofor grounded the forum to a halt for about ten minutes. Trouble started when the Master of Ceremony introduced Chief Festus Ejiofor as the President of NCMDLCA, an action…