Even as the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) embarks on inspection visits to the facilities of its registered freight forwarding associations, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has charged council to de-register any of the association that fails to meet up the necessary requirement for accreditation.
The association has also said that plans are ongoing to work with the enforcement team of the CRFFN to checkmate freight forwarding activities at the port.
Even as the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) embarks on inspection visits to the facilities of its registered freight forwarding associations, the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has charged council to de-register any of the association that fails to meet up the necessary requirement for accreditation.
The association has also said that plans are ongoing to work with the enforcement team of the CRFFN to checkmate freight forwarding activities at the port.
National President of ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu stated this yesterday when the CRFFN team led by its Director of Enforcement, CRFFN, Mr. Basil Opara paid a working visit to ANLCA headquarters in Lagos.
The Council had embarked on the visit as part of its efforts to ensure that the associations are running according to the standard set by the CRFFN Act.
While speaking, Shittu charged the team to ensure that any association that is yet to meet the necessary requirements by CRFFN is removed from the register of the council; this according to him will ensure that they work assiduously to meet the demand for accreditation.
"You have our absolute support but our absolute confident is predicated on an open operation, when things are done in the open, it is better to gain our confidence"
"The president of ANLCA has reiterated that if exercise must be done in the open and those associations which do not meet with the standard should be de-registered"
According to him, the process of regulation is on, and there is the need for all registered associations under the council to meet the requirements in order to be a full fledged registered association.
On his part, Director of Enforcement, CRFFN, Mr. Basil Opara explained that the management of the council had advertised in 2010 for agents to register with the council but most practitioners are yet to do this.
Opara said as part of the reformation agenda of the president of the country, quacks in the industry has no role to play in port operations.
He added that during the council's visitation exercise, the bigger associations are to be inspected before the smaller association adding that ANLCA is the parent of all freight forwarding associations.
He however urged members of ANLCA to cooperate with CRFFN to get rid of quacks from the freight-forwarding circle.
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