Author: Saint Augustine

Barely two months of the establishment of Maritime Advocacy and Action Group (MAAG), there are strong indications that the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) may disassociate itself from the group. MAAG a group comprising freight forwarding associations, maritime haulage associations Lagos state Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and other relevant maritime groups with the aim to address issues surrounding ports operations has Alhaji Alhassan Dantata as the Coordinator. NAGAFF through its founder Dr. Boniface Aniebonam in a press briefing held recently in Lagos cautioned the group over policy statement directed to the government. Aniebonam faulted the group’s…

Stakeholders at the Lillypond Container Terminal has called on the newly promoted Customs Area Controller (CAC) in the command, Comptroller Talatu Isa to sustain the gains made in the last few months following the successful turnaround of that almost moribund terminal. The stakeholders who had earlier gathered at the command to celebrate the recent promotion given to the Controller who before now was a Deputy Controller was full of appreciation for the level of activity going on in the command recently. Speaking to newsmen, the Chairman,  Igbo Maritime Forum, Ijora/Lillypond Chapter, Chief Lawrence Ubah thanked the Comptroller General of the Nigeria…

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi has challenged the entire workforce of the authority to re-dedicate themselves to effective service delivery by the Organization in the New Year as the Authority owe economic and social responsibilities to Nigerians. Mallam Abdullahi who gave the charge at the beginning of a one-day seminar on 5-year strategic plan organized for the Management team of the Authority recently enjoined all employees of the organization to realize what their employers expected of them. The Managing Director, who appealed to the employees to re-evaluate themselves in the course of  discharging their…

The incumbent Caretaker Chairman Committee, Tin Can Island Port of the National Association Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Forwarder Azubuike Ekweozor has assured that his mandate if elected, as Chairman is to unify members of the chapter irrespective of tribe, culture, ethnic and religion. Ekweozor who is also a Chairmanship aspirant promised to re-position the association’s interest at Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) even as reiterated to protect the interest of all other ethnic groups. Speaking with journalists shortly after purchasing the election’s form at the NAGAFF headquarters in Lagos Thursday, the Chairmanship Aspirant of TCIP disclosed that the flag off…

The Assistant Comptroller General of Customs in change of Zone A, Comptroller Banke Adeyemo has charged importers to brace up and fulfill the national obligations as required of them. Adeyemo who was speaking to newsmen in Lagos said that since the international trade bestows obligations on the importers which they fulfill, that it is also mandatory that they must fulfill the national obligations adding that trillions of naira were exchanged in the bank and transferred aboard to bring in all these imports even as she contended that it is just equitable for the government to have a percent of that…

Following the inability of the terminal operator at the Lillypond terminal to meet up with the increasing demand of workload at the terminal, the Association on of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Lillypond Chapter has voiced out its displeasure over the development. The Chairman of the Association, Mr. Chuks Anselm Njemanze who made this known while speaking to newsmen at the terminal in Lagos disclosed that importers now pay unnecessary demurrage owing to increasing delays caused by the terminal operation who cannot meet up with volume of cargo at the terminal. Njemanze pointed out that the terminal operator was overwhelmed…

The Nigerian Trading Community who has any business in the nation’s seaports may have to search further as the Seaports Terminal Operators of Nigeria( STOAN), weekend distanced itself  from the Loss, damage and delay of Cargoes at Nigerian seaports and terminals saying that it was not to be blame. The Chairman of the association, Vicky Haastrup who was speaking at a Round-table discussion  on Cargo exposure to risks of damage, Loss and delay at Nigerian Ports and Terminal said that inconsistent policies of Government, improper documentations, under declaration by importers are part of the reasons for the delays. Haastrup, who is…

For some time now, the media had been a washed the claims and counter claims regarding the actual amount the Federal government has granted in Waivers and exemptions in the past three years. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala while responding to the 50 questions posed by the House of Representatives hinted that the Federal government granted waivers and exemptions totaling N171 billion to business across all sectors of the economy in the last three years. But in what seems to contradict the figures provided by the Minister of Finance the Nigeria Customs…