BREAKING: Trade Facilitation: NAGAFF Establishes Technical Group On Cargo Logistics,Customs Facilitation Unit

BREAKING:
Trade Facilitation: NAGAFF Establishes Technical Group On Cargo Logistics,Customs Facilitation Unit

By Frank Odinukaeze

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders NAGAFF,has established a technical support group on cargo logistics and Customs facilitation Unit
According to a statement on Friday,31 May,2024, by founder of NAGAFF,Dr Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam,the ewly established group are to under take specific functions
Which include amongst others to facilitate and ensure that multi modal transport system and customs facilitation come on stream up- north of the country.
Dr Aniebonam in the statement noted that the organisation has been inundated with complaints from its members and shippers in Kano,Kaduna and Abuja.
“Within the period under review we have received several complaints from our members and shippers in kano, kaduna and abuja specifically the inherent problems associated with taking delivery of cargo from the mother ports of the south West and southeast to the northern parts of the federation due to insecurity, bad road and cost of doing business ” Dr Aniebonam pointed out.

He said NAGAFF has decided to setup a technical support group cargo logistics and customs facilitation unit to engage the agents of the government associated with regulation and control of cargo movement from the mother ports to inland container terminals .

” Therefore the primary responsibility of the group shall include but not limited to interphasing with the Nigeria customs service, Nigeria ports authority and Nigeria railway and other related agencies of the government in that regard

“They are also expected to linkup with the organised bodies of the trade groups involved in import and export trade in the north and avail them to the opportunities provided at the inland container terminals operations of the northern part of the country

“The good news is the emergence of DALA INLAND DRY PORT , the most modern inland container terminal springing up in kano state and doing everything possible to make importers and exporters of the northwest, northeast and north central to become competitive in their businesses

“This simply means that every importer and exporter of the northern extraction may not bother to come to lagos or any of the mother ports of the southern part of the country to take delivery or export their cargo . Aside from reduction of cost the safety of cargo and efficient time of doing business is guaranteed” Dr Aniebonam said.

The Members of the Technical Group are as follows :
Chief Patrick Ogbo – Chairman
Mr Francis Omotosho — Secretary
Dr.Arthur Iwgwilo— Technical Head
Dr Clement Iwegbuna — NPS
Alhaji Muftau Northern Zonal Chairman
Aljaji Bello Magaji – Northern Zonal Secretary
Ruth Sunday —– Logistics
Dr Aniebonam thanked
the Managing Director of the Nigeria railway, MD Nigerian ports Authority and the comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service for their roles in making it possible for the most modern inland container terminal in kano to receive the first batch of containers through rail in kano, today the 31st of may 2024
He called on Nigerians to join hands with President Tinubu to the Renewed Hope matra to actualise the dream of a greater Nigeria .