Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents

Jan112025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Countdown to MIMA 2025 …

Engr Salat Braimah, Segun Oduntan, Frank Meke receive nomination letters. As the countdown to the Maritime Industry MERIT AWARDS 2025 begins, Awardees have been receiving their nomination letters The roll call of those who got their letters this week include Engr Salat Braimah, Lagos Area Manager of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, who was voted the MARITIME WOMAN OF THE YEAR. Others included Prince Segun Oduntan, Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs AGENTS, who was nominated as MOST OUTSTANDING CUSTOMS BROKER, while Mr Frank Meke, a Newspaper Columnist and Radio host was voted the TOURISM JOURNALIST of the Year.

Nov32024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Chinyere Uramta: How not to say goodbye. BY ASU BEKS .

News Feature

Barely two weeks after i raised the alarm about a plot to humiliate and force the acting Registrar and CEO of the Council for the Registration of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria,Mrs Chinyere Uramta out of office, the hammer finally fell on her last week. A terse press release from the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, signed by its Head , Media and PR, Mr Tahir Zakari, named Mr Igwe Kingsley Onyekachi as the substance CEO who will be in charge of the Agency for the next four years in the first instance. Expectedly, the appointment has elicited mixed reactions from Stakeholders . A Group which called itself " Friends of the CRFFN " described the action of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Chief Adegboyega Oyetola as a nullity explaining that it was a flagrant violation of the CR...

Aug72022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

STAKEHOLDERS KNOCK BELLO KOKO’S 30% REBATE FOR EASTERN PORTS BOUND VESSELS…

News Feature, Port News

Importers doubt NPA'S Sincerity. Discordant tunes weekend greeted NPA'S planned 30 per cent incentive for vessels destined for the Eastern Ports as part of plans to decongest the Western Ports of Tin can and Apapa. Helmsman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello Koko had last week in Port Harcourt, during a meeting with Stakeholders, unfolded plans by his management to "increase tariff relief by as much as 30 per cent for service providers as part of a multi pronged approach to attract more vessels and cargo traffic to the Eastern Ports " But in a sharp reaction, stakeholders who spoke with our correspondent likened Bello Koko's comments to an electoral promise which they said would end up in a trash can, as was in the past.Said an Aba based importer who did not want his na...

May312021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WHEN MARITIME EDITORS HOSTED TRAIL BLAZING PRINCE OLAYIWOLA SHITTU

Maritime

Prince Olayiwola Shittu, immediate past President of the National Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, is a reporters' delight any day. A respected stakeholder in Nigeria's Maritime Industry, Shittu who is reputed as a mobile encyclopedia of the Maritime Industry , led the most successful tenure as President of ANLCA before bowing out honourably on April 14th, 2018. Last week, Shittu stormed the Secretariat of the elite Maritime Editors in Festac where he fielded questions on a wide range of issues . On the electronic call up system for trucks introduced by the Nigerian Ports Authority, Shittu posited that the system was founded on a faulty foundation. Shittu reasoned that there wasn't sufficient consultation between the NPA and stakeholders before its implementat...

Sep12020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

TONY IJU, FARINTO FIGHT DIRTY AS ANLCA CRISES DEPEENS.

Breaking News

President Hon Tony Iju Nwabunike The frosty leadership crisis in the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents deepened weekend when its President Hon Tony Iju Nwabunike slammed a query on his deputy, Dr Kayode Farinto. In the query letter dated August 25, 2020, Dr Farinto was asked to "explain why severe disciplinary action(s) should not be taken against him on the following grounds (i) Writing a letter in the name of our association , to the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, WCO, dated 03/08/020 with reference no ANLCA/WCO/VOL042/08/020 without the authority of the Association. In the query, the President explained that the said letter to the WCO which was not authorized by the National body was in total violation of section 3(a), (d) and (e) of our C...