Following what is perceived as agenda to sabotage government reforms in the Marine and Blue Economy sectors, the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF, has called for the deregistration of four associations and requested the withdrawal of their Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, certificates for national interest.
NAGAFF said it carefully observed with enduring patience, recent actions by Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA Association of Registered Freight Forwarders of Nigeria, AREFF National Association of Air Freight Forwarders and Consolidators, NAFFAC and National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, since the appointment of the current Registrar of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN, Mr. Kingsley Igwe.
Recall that these groups have publicly aligned with a court judgment obtained by Mr. Lucky Amiwero of NCMDLCA in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/765/2018, claiming that CRFFN lacks the authority to regulate customs agents and collect Practitioner Operating Fee, POF, even when the CRFFN has appealed and filed a stay of execution, rendering the ruling unenforceable.
Speaking at a media briefing in Lagos, National President, NAGAFF, Chief Tochukwu Ezisi, said those who no longer believe in CRFFNs mandate should exit the stage, adding that the government should investigate the economic and regulatory sabotage being carried out under the guise of activism.