The National President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Prince Olayiwola Shittu yesterday commissioned the secretariat of the association at the Tin Can Island Port.
Speaking at the event, Shittu commended the chapter executives led by Prince Kayode Oyinlola for taking the initiative of providing a rallying point for members of the association at Tin Can port.
The National President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Prince Olayiwola Shittu yesterday commissioned the secretariat of the association at the Tin Can Island Port.
Speaking at the event, Shittu commended the chapter executives led by Prince Kayode Oyinlola for taking the initiative of providing a rallying point for members of the association at Tin Can port.
"I like to commend the present executive of this chapter, I also want to say that it is not that the past executives lack initiative, it is just that at your own time, God used you to do what is right for the people, what I can tell you is that your efforts are being appreciated".
Shittu described the commissioning as epoch making because according to him, for the first time in Tin Can port, ANLCA is having a secretariat of its own. "The more of this at other chapters the best for us" he said.
He said that Seme chapter is also currently making efforts to complete its secretariat.
Also speaking at the commissioning, Customs Area Controller of the Tin Can Island Customs, Mr. Zakari Jibrin noted that for the past 18 months that he has been at Tin Can, ANLCA has always been supportive. He said that there has never been any friction compared to what was obtainable in the past.
Jibrin also attributed the soaring revenue of the command on the effective collaborations between the customs and the freight forwarders operating at the port.
While appreciating the ANLCA executives at Tin Can, he said, "this relative peace at Tin Can port today is as a result of the collaboration, everywhere is at peace because customs brokers and customs officers are the same, they generate the revenue while we collect the revenue, so there is no need for in-fighting" the custom boss stated.
In his welcome address, the Chairman of the ANLCA at Tin Can, Prince Kayode Oyinlola said that the commissioning is one of the actualization of the electoral promise of the chapter executives.
"This event stood as our first priority because of the many challenges we faced pre- and post- our election, this slowed down the secretariat project, thank God it’s better late than never", he tild the gathering.
Oyinlola said that the executives took up the challenge to provide a rallying point for all ANLCA members at the chapter and to serve as a spring board towards acquiring a permanent structure.
He promised that his executives will correct most of the issues that remain unsolved within the life span of the present regime.
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