The January 1, 2017 restriction of vehicles from land borders is currently hitting hard on freight forwarders operating from the Seme axis as most of the operators lamented job losses, since the beginning of the year .
Speaking with Auto Port Weekly via the telephone on Friday, Chairman Seme Chapter, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarder (NAGAFF); Chief Ekene Ajunwa confirmed that the restriction of vehicles since the beginning of the year was not pleasant.
Ajunwa lamented the policy has made men useless and jobless, due to the government ban on vehicles importation through land border.
He noted that by banning vehicles from the borders, it was clear that people were bound to be jobless.
Ajunwa lamented that since the implementation of the ban of vehicles from land borders, members of the association are jobless because there has been no way to diversify when there is no business within the international frontiers.
The NAGAFF Chairman however wondered why the government would give a short notice for a policy that bans the importation of vehicles through the land borders.
“We have written to the government and complained that there is not enough notice. For instance, what would someone that had shipped vehicles before the policy came on board do? Will they return the vehicles abroad or sell them in Cotonou?” he queried.
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