CRFFN to Spend N476m on Completion of Zonal Offices, N1.013bn on New Headoffice
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* N720m for freight forwarders institute
*N100m for board meetings
The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has budgeted the sum of N476m for the completion of its ongoing office building projects in six geographical areas of the country for the year.
The amount is broken into N356million for the building projects and another N120million for monitoring and evaluation of the projects for the year.
It would be recalled that the Council had over two years ago told the House Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways (PHW) that the projects had reached 80-90 percent completion stage.
In a budget breakdown obtained by SHIPPING DAY for this year, the Council will also be spending N1.013billon for the construction of its new headquarters complex.
The Council will also be spending the sum of N720million for the construction of the new Nigerian Institute of Freight Forwarding (NIFF) as well as rehabilitation of the Lagos office.
The budgets for the construction of freight forwarding institute and office rehabilitation described as ongoing were lumped as one and not separated.
The Council, according to its budget for the year, will also be spending N100million for evaluation of the Council’s operations by members of the Governing Board and its meetings.
Similarly, the Council will be spending N250million on insurance premium; N50million for construction of outpost offices,; N50million for designs of the six zonal offices; N40million for automation of its operations; N40million for subscription to international bodies, N150million for capacity building for freight forwarders and N50million for corporate social responsiobility.
It would be recalled that the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers had written the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabimiala about two years ago complaining about a shoddy oversight function carried out by the former House Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways (PHW).
The League had said that the former members of the House Committee on PHW failed Nigerians and the maritime sector over the way and manner they conducted a probe on the Council’s activities and projects executed in the past by certifying the process free of malfeasance.
The League recalled that members of the House Committee on PHW had about two years and six months ago invited the management of CRFFN to an Investigative Hearing session chaired by Hon. Ossy Chinedu Prestige, a forum where concerns on financial and administrative infractions in most of the projects executed by the CRFFN management were raised.
Afterwards, the House had mandated its members in the Committee to investigate the allegations, an assignment that was concluded some months later.
But the League gathered that during the probe, the House Committee members were simply given a handout or deceived on the different status of the projects which were claimed to be under 80-90 percent completion, a claim that is suspected to be false.
*N100m for board meetings
The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has budgeted the sum of N476m for the completion of its ongoing office building projects in six geographical areas of the country for the year.
The amount is broken into N356million for the building projects and another N120million for monitoring and evaluation of the projects for the year.
It would be recalled that the Council had over two years ago told the House Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways (PHW) that the projects had reached 80-90 percent completion stage.
In a budget breakdown obtained by SHIPPING DAY for this year, the Council will also be spending N1.013billon for the construction of its new headquarters complex.
The Council will also be spending the sum of N720million for the construction of the new Nigerian Institute of Freight Forwarding (NIFF) as well as rehabilitation of the Lagos office.
The budgets for the construction of freight forwarding institute and office rehabilitation described as ongoing were lumped as one and not separated.
The Council, according to its budget for the year, will also be spending N100million for evaluation of the Council’s operations by members of the Governing Board and its meetings.
Similarly, the Council will be spending N250million on insurance premium; N50million for construction of outpost offices,; N50million for designs of the six zonal offices; N40million for automation of its operations; N40million for subscription to international bodies, N150million for capacity building for freight forwarders and N50million for corporate social responsiobility.
It would be recalled that the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers had written the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabimiala about two years ago complaining about a shoddy oversight function carried out by the former House Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways (PHW).
The League had said that the former members of the House Committee on PHW failed Nigerians and the maritime sector over the way and manner they conducted a probe on the Council’s activities and projects executed in the past by certifying the process free of malfeasance.
The League recalled that members of the House Committee on PHW had about two years and six months ago invited the management of CRFFN to an Investigative Hearing session chaired by Hon. Ossy Chinedu Prestige, a forum where concerns on financial and administrative infractions in most of the projects executed by the CRFFN management were raised.
Afterwards, the House had mandated its members in the Committee to investigate the allegations, an assignment that was concluded some months later.
But the League gathered that during the probe, the House Committee members were simply given a handout or deceived on the different status of the projects which were claimed to be under 80-90 percent completion, a claim that is suspected to be false.
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