· As Oodua descendants endorsed him or ANLCA National President
The acting national President and presidential candidate for the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) in the coming National Executive Committee ( NECOM) election; Dr Kayode Farinto has reiterated that the Federal government must recognise the role freight forwarders play in revenue generation to grow the Nigeria’s economy.
Farinto who was speaking on Tuesday at an endorsement ceremony organised for him by the Oodua Descendants Freight Forwarders Global Association as their sole candidate, lamented that freight forwarders and Customs brokers have never being honoured by the federal government for National Award honoured despite their huge revenue contributions to the Federal government coffers.
He said if elected, he will work with the government to make sure friendly maritime policies are formulated by the government that will help Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) at the ports.
He said ” Our profession must be recognised by the Federal government. We are the ones generating the revenue through our importers , while the Customs only midwife and collect the same for the government, but yet we are not recognised. We will make sure the government recognizes the role we play in the revenue chain hrough our activities in the ports”.
Speaking further, the ANLCA Chieftain said , the Federal Ministry of Transportation is too bogus and there is the need to balkanize it to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, where the enormous potentials of the maritime Industry will be fully harnessed, especially the Blue Economy Resources that abound in the sector.
He lamented that as it’s stand now, Nigeria does not have any maritime policy, while advising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint professionals that will fashion out a working maritime policy for the country.
Advising his members at the event, he admonished them to practice the profession with integrity so as to leave a good name for the young freight forwarders coming into the profession.
In his remarks, the President of Oodua Descendants Freight Forwarders Global Association, Prince Segun Adefioye praised the sterling qualities of Dr Farinto’s Leadership and promised that all his members would cast their votes for him. He said already he has secured 52 licences for voting for him at the election
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