The Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders Importers-Exporters Coalition (SNFFIEC) has referred to as on the Federal Authorities to order the governing board members of the Council for the Laws of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to vacate workplace after their tenure expires.
Recall that the current council members had been inaugurated by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, in October 2018 for a two-year time period in workplace, which ended final yr. They’ve since engaged in a collection of strikes to elongate their keep in workplace, one in all which was the push for the modification to the Act of the council the place they search a four-year time period.
Irked by the transfer, some stakeholders have accused the officers of insincerity, noting that it’s unlawful for members of the governing council to perpetuate themselves in workplace or maintain in possession authorities properties after the expiration of their tenure in 2020.
The Nationwide President, SNFFIEC, Osita Patrick Chukwu, in a chat with The Guardian, stated regardless of the governing board of the council’s failure to handle points affecting freight forwarding since their inauguration, they’ve refused to vacate workplace, which is in opposition to the Act of the CRFFN.
Chukwu cited the related part of the Act, which states that: “There shall be a boss and vice-chairman of the Council who shall be nominated and elected by members of the Council, and shall every maintain workplace for a time period of two years from the date of the election, and the chairman shall preside over the conferences of the Council, so nevertheless that within the occasion of the demise, incapacity or incapability for any purpose of the chairman, the vice-chairman shall act as chairman for the unexpired portion of the time period of workplace.”
He stated having contravened the Act, the group had initiated a transfer to tug CRFFN to court docket over tenure expiration, noting that the Federal Authorities had didn’t successfully monitor actions of the company.