The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Dr. Akutah Pius, has emphasized the importance of stakeholders’ engagement in actualizing the Council’s mandate as the nation’s Port Economic Regulator.
Dr. Akutah made this declaration during a courtesy visit by the executive members of the Senior Staff Association of Shipping, Clearing & Forwarding Agencies to the NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos recently.
Dr. Akutah expressed the Council’s readiness to partner with the association to drive the maritime sector forward. He assured that the Council would listen to any issues brought to its attention and work collaboratively to address them.
The Director, Consumer Affairs Department of NSC, Mr. Celestine Akujobi, reiterated the Council’s openness to specific partnerships with stakeholders, highlighting the Council’s success in engaging with stakeholders, particularly the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) on minimum standard for workers’ wages.
Responding, the President General of the Senior Staff Association of Clearing & Forwarding Agencies (SSACFA), Comrade Harrison Ugochukwu, recognized the NSC as the nation’s Port Economic Regulator and sought collaboration and guidance from the Council.
He called on the NSC to partner with the association, protect, and provide regulatory advice on matters that would promote the development of the maritime sector.
