Chairman, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Lt.-Gen. Salihu Ibrahim (retd), has said that adequate enforcement of regulations on shipping in Nigeria will enhance the overall development of the maritime sector.
Ibrahim said this at the opening of a three-day meeting of the Management of NSC and its Board of Governing Council in Lagos on Monday.
He said that the NSC was poised to help in repositioning the nation’s economy.
Chairman, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Lt.-Gen. Salihu Ibrahim (retd), has said that adequate enforcement of regulations on shipping in Nigeria will enhance the overall development of the maritime sector.
Ibrahim said this at the opening of a three-day meeting of the Management of NSC and its Board of Governing Council in Lagos on Monday.
He said that the NSC was poised to help in repositioning the nation’s economy.
Ibrahim promised that the board would work to achieve effective service delivery to improve the social contract between the government and Nigerians.
He urged the board and the NSC Management to plug all avenues frustrating effective regulation of shipping business in the country.
“It is our task to address the various ills causing existing economic regulatory vacuum in the sector.
“We must strive to achieve the Inland Dry Ports and Trucks Transit Parts.
“These goals will help to provide assistance to shippers and reduce the infrastructure deficit in the country,’’ the chairman said.
He said that Dry Ports would reduce the hardship being faced by shippers in the course of clearing their goods at the sea ports.
In his remarks, Mr Hassan Bello, the Chief Executive of NSC, said that the council would ensure that new trends in shipping and transport logistics in the maritime sector were applied.
Bello said that it was important to be abreast of current technological advancements in maritime sector as well as provide seamless services in the areas of international trade and transportation.
“It is important that the council maintain an efficient and effective trade statistics data bank across all transport modes,“ he said.
The company executive said that better policies needed to be formulated to upgrade the day- to- day administration of the council.
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