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The National coordinator of the 100 Per cent Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Ibrahim Tanko, has expressed interest implicit the expanding cases of cargo interception by definite authorities agencies astatine the seaports and highways, accusing them of operating beyond their statutory mandates.
The radical specifically mentioned the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) arsenic agencies allegedly overstepping their ineligible boundaries successful cargo monitoring and enforcement activities.
LEADERSHIP reports that the 100 per cent compliance squad reaffirmed its committedness to sustainable freight forwarding practices and urged each stakeholders to enactment collaboratively toward a much businesslike and transparent larboard system.
Speaking to journalists implicit the weekend, Tanko called connected authorities to urgently code these issues among authorities agencies to forestall increasing unrest among clearing agents.
According to Tanko, against the backdrop of the instauration of the National Single Window (NSW) platform, the authorities maintains successful the activities of the agencies operating astatine the seaports.
“Our concerns are not complaints—they are constructive feedback to assistance the strategy enactment better,” helium concluded.
Speaking further, Tanko commended the instauration of B’Odogwu, an indigenous strategy developed by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for the clearance of cargoes astatine the seaports.
He stated that the innovation is aimed astatine improving work delivery, but noted that items specified arsenic pharmaceuticals and spare parts are mostly directed to scanning, lone to beryllium dropped for carnal examination.
He besides stated that immoderate operators enforce demurrage fees adjacent erstwhile shippers were granted escaped days.
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