What is Needed is System Overhaul, Not Barring Freight Forwarders from CRFFN Leadership, Ex-NAGAFF President Differs with Shittu
*Blames former Minister, Amaechi for issues in CRFFN
*Tasks Sambo on way forward for CRFFN
By Francis Ugwoke
The former President of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAF), Dr. Eugene Nweke, has disagreed with the former National President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Prince Olayiwola Shittu, who called on the federal government to take full control of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and stop election of freight forwarders elected into Council.
Shittu had in an interview with an online publication called for the amendment of the CRFFN Act and remove the aspect which provides for the election of freight forwarders into the CRFFN board, explaining that that arrangement has been the major bane of the CRFFN.
But in a chat with SHIPPING DAY, Nweke argued that it is not true that freight forwarders “lack the professional temerity and leadership know-how and in-dept to regulate ourselves”.
Nweke also argued that what was needed was government intervention from time to time but not to take total control as being canvassed by the former ANLCA boss.
The former NAGAFF President queried, “Where and when has it been a panacea or model for the Government to take total control of a professional regulatory council?”..
He maintained that the politics of seconding 60% independent professional regulatory council as an agency of the government was one clear arrangement that has defeated “intent and letters establishing the Act 16 2007”.
Nweke further argued that the problem being suffered by CRFFN was the creation of the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi who he accused of reducing the Council to “Quango Regulatory agencies of the government”.
He said, “The truth is that, the CRFFN is still basking in the euphoria of professional digression mastermind by the immediate past minister, thereby reducing a professional regulatory council to a Quango Regulatory agencies of the government”.
Nweke added that the situation will change once the present Minister focuses attention on CRFFN and sets up a Committee to enforce serious administrative in roles in the Council.
He said what the present arrangement or system begs for total was reformation, adding that the Act 16 2007 gave the minister the power to give directive of essential character.
Nweke argued, “So to me, in a democratic governance, no system or leadership style is permanent.
“The CRFFN is a collective struggle and must not be allowed to reduced to an unimportant council owing to parochialism. No it should not be. The onus is on us to join hands to make it work. If not it becomes the case of ASSU and the Politicians. Where the later uses the former to rig themselves into offices, subsequently, they set up a robust salary structure for themselves, leaving them with peanut, the next is strike actions unending”.
*Tasks Sambo on way forward for CRFFN
By Francis Ugwoke
The former President of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAF), Dr. Eugene Nweke, has disagreed with the former National President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Prince Olayiwola Shittu, who called on the federal government to take full control of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and stop election of freight forwarders elected into Council.
Shittu had in an interview with an online publication called for the amendment of the CRFFN Act and remove the aspect which provides for the election of freight forwarders into the CRFFN board, explaining that that arrangement has been the major bane of the CRFFN.
But in a chat with SHIPPING DAY, Nweke argued that it is not true that freight forwarders “lack the professional temerity and leadership know-how and in-dept to regulate ourselves”.
Nweke also argued that what was needed was government intervention from time to time but not to take total control as being canvassed by the former ANLCA boss.
The former NAGAFF President queried, “Where and when has it been a panacea or model for the Government to take total control of a professional regulatory council?”..
He maintained that the politics of seconding 60% independent professional regulatory council as an agency of the government was one clear arrangement that has defeated “intent and letters establishing the Act 16 2007”.
Nweke further argued that the problem being suffered by CRFFN was the creation of the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi who he accused of reducing the Council to “Quango Regulatory agencies of the government”.
He said, “The truth is that, the CRFFN is still basking in the euphoria of professional digression mastermind by the immediate past minister, thereby reducing a professional regulatory council to a Quango Regulatory agencies of the government”.
Nweke added that the situation will change once the present Minister focuses attention on CRFFN and sets up a Committee to enforce serious administrative in roles in the Council.
He said what the present arrangement or system begs for total was reformation, adding that the Act 16 2007 gave the minister the power to give directive of essential character.
Nweke argued, “So to me, in a democratic governance, no system or leadership style is permanent.
“The CRFFN is a collective struggle and must not be allowed to reduced to an unimportant council owing to parochialism. No it should not be. The onus is on us to join hands to make it work. If not it becomes the case of ASSU and the Politicians. Where the later uses the former to rig themselves into offices, subsequently, they set up a robust salary structure for themselves, leaving them with peanut, the next is strike actions unending”.
FOLLOW US
About Post Author
