The appointment of Bashir Adewale Adeniyi as the Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service has been described as a beacon of hope for clearing agents operating in the nation’s entry points, be it airport, seaport or border station.
Making this assertion on Monday in an exclusive interview with People’s Forum Online in Lagos, the Chairman, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Murtala Muhammed International Airport chapter, Fwdr Onyeka Bernard Udo, stated that CGC Adeniyi is a good man that freight forwarders know very well.
The NAGAFF chieftain stressed that it’s very hopeful that operators of Customs licences will enjoy the CGC tenure.
In his words: “We know the CGC very well. He is a good man. We know we are going to enjoy him. We are very hopeful. His assumption of office has given us hope.”
The chairman said he received the news of the lifting of ban on 43 items from accessing foreign exchange from the Central Bank of Nigeria with excitement.
He hoped that this will rub on positively on clearing business and prices of goods in the market.
Though Fwdr. Udo bemoaned increase of charges by both NACHO and SACHOL but exonerated the two cargo handling companies from any blame, saying that high cost of operation, due to high dollar rate and high cost of diesel, was responsible.
He noted that there is an existing cordial relationship between the freight forwarders associations at the airport as they have a way of settling internally any problem that arises.
