The Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) has harped on the need to eliminate touts in freight forwarding practice, even as he charged practitioners to seek requisite knowledge in their chosen profession.
Executive Secretary of the council, Barrister Hassan Bello made the observation on Monday when members of the Nigeria Institute of Freight Forwarding and Customs Brokers (NIFFCB)
Institute led by its President; Dr. Zebulon Ikokide paid him a visit.
The Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) has harped on the need to eliminate touts in freight forwarding practice, even as he charged practitioners to seek requisite knowledge in their chosen profession.
Executive Secretary of the council, Barrister Hassan Bello made the observation on Monday when members of the Nigeria Institute of Freight Forwarding and Customs Brokers (NIFFCB)
Institute led by its President; Dr. Zebulon Ikokide paid him a visit.
According to Bello, the freight forwarding is a profession and the practitioners need to be trained constantly to meet international best practices.
He noted that as the economy of Nigeria continues to grow, freight forwarders also have a key role to play and that is why they should undergo training in relevant freight forwarding courses.
"We must all do away with thugs and touts in the freight forwarding profession because we cannot afford to have them in port operations"
"I don't want to see touts as a freight forwarder rather I want to see someone that is educated and can have the knowledge of international in the practise"
"A freight forwarder need training constantly, he needs to have an office where he must operate from because it goes beyond clearing of a cargo from the port"
"If we have a strong freight forwarders in Nigeria then most of our profession is also solved, he added.
The executive secretary further described the freight forwarders as philosophy to trade, adding that there is need for professional training for the practitioners.
The Shippers Council boss also assured his visitors that the council will continue to support and encourage the Nigeria Institute of Freight Forwarding and Customs Brokers on training of freight forwarders in Nigeria.
Bello also charged the Dr. Ikokide led members of the institute to equally get more knowledge so as to impart more on the practitioners.
Earlier in his remark, the NIFFCB, president called on the Nigeria Shippers Council to support the institute in the area of provision of accommodation, adding that there is the need for the institute to have a conducive place for learning to thrive.
Ikokide stated that freight forwarding practice in Nigeria needs constant training , adding that it is reason behind the institution becoming the training arm of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria( CRFFN).
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