The myriad of problems rocking the Council for the Regulations of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) may soon be over as the Ministry of Transport has indicated interests in wading in.Fresh indications also emerged yesterday that the Nigerian Shippers’ Council will be saddled with the responsibilities of ensuring that CRFFN bounces back to its feet.
Addressing members of the Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (PCC) during a working visit to the council’s head office in Lagos yesterday, the Executive Secretary of Shippers Council; Barrister Hassan Bello disclosed that in no distance time, the Council will intervene and proffer lasting solutions to the problems affecting the CRFFN.
The executive secretary told members of the Taskforce of the PCC led by its chairman; Alhaji Abayomi Adigun that there have been series of preliminary meetings with the ministry of transport and that the NSC will soon intervene.
Bello lamented that freight forwarding is the weakest link in the transport chain, because the CRFFN has not been active in recent time to represent the interest of freight forwarders operating in Nigeria ports.
According to him, the CRFFN will be re-organized and will deliver on its mandate as a regulator of Nigerian freight forwarding practice.
‘’We have been called upon to ensure that the council bounce back so that they can enforce and regulate the freight forwarders’’, he told his guests.
“We have been able to gather with officials from the Ministry of Transport on the problems affecting CRFFN and there is no recognition of the council because as it is now , the freight forwarding association are bigger than the council and this cannot happen because the council must retain its stand ,it will be able to issue regulations and if the associations cannot bind by that ,then there should be no need for the council to be in existence’’, Bello stated adding that the council must be bigger than all freight forwarding associations operating In the country.
He also noted that practitioners that failed to register with CRFFN when revived will go to jail; and added that, ‘’CRFFN is supposed to be the regulator of freight forwarding practice, but overtime that has not been done and we have to restore the authority of CRFFN’’.
‘’Luckily the minister of transport is aware of all the problems and he is on the verge to revamp the CRFFN for the purpose of regulation of practitioners, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has been called again to look at it critically and dispassionately and see what can be done to restore the glory of freight forwarding practice in Nigeria. ‘’ .
Speaking further, the executive secretary charged members of the PCC to collaborate with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council to achieve its full potentials and contribute to the economic growth of the nation.
Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman Taskforce on Port Operations, Alhaji Abayomi Adigun said that the meeting was aimed at addressing issues affecting port operations.
Adigun noted that maritime institutions overtime, have not been empowered by the federal government and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council is not an exception.
In his reaction, member of taskforce, Mr. Vincent Anjanonwu explained that there is the need for the NSC to settle lingering dispute among freight forwarding associations.
Anjanonwu noted that over 70% of practitioners are not qualified to practice, but with CRFFN in place, most agents will understand the rudiments of the profession.
He added that problem of ego is the greatest problem that freight forwarders are faced with, and urged the NSC to speedily address the problem of CRFFN for it to regulate the freight forwarding practice.
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According to him, the CRFFN will be re-organized and will deliver on its mandate as a regulator of Nigerian freight forwarding practice.
‘’We have been called upon to ensure that the council bounce back so that they can enforce and regulate the freight forwarders’’, he told his guests.
“We have been able to gather with officials from the Ministry of Transport on the problems affecting CRFFN and there is no recognition of the council because as it is now , the freight forwarding association are bigger than the council and this cannot happen because the council must retain its stand ,it will be able to issue regulations and if the associations cannot bind by that ,then there should be no need for the council to be in existence’’, Bello stated adding that the council must be bigger than all freight forwarding associations operating In the country.
He also noted that practitioners that failed to register with CRFFN when revived will go to jail; and added that, ‘’CRFFN is supposed to be the regulator of freight forwarding practice, but overtime that has not been done and we have to restore the authority of CRFFN’’.
‘’Luckily the minister of transport is aware of all the problems and he is on the verge to revamp the CRFFN for the purpose of regulation of practitioners, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has been called again to look at it critically and dispassionately and see what can be done to restore the glory of freight forwarding practice in Nigeria. ‘’ .
Speaking further, the executive secretary charged members of the PCC to collaborate with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council to achieve its full potentials and contribute to the economic growth of the nation.
Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman Taskforce on Port Operations, Alhaji Abayomi Adigun said that the meeting was aimed at addressing issues affecting port operations.
Adigun noted that maritime institutions overtime, have not been empowered by the federal government and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council is not an exception.
In his reaction, member of taskforce, Mr. Vincent Anjanonwu explained that there is the need for the NSC to settle lingering dispute among freight forwarding associations.
Anjanonwu noted that over 70% of practitioners are not qualified to practice, but with CRFFN in place, most agents will understand the rudiments of the profession.
He added that problem of ego is the greatest problem that freight forwarders are faced with, and urged the NSC to speedily address the problem of CRFFN for it to regulate the freight forwarding practice.
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