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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\nThe National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is on it again.
This time the 100% Task Team of the Freight Forwarding association has raised the alarm over issues bothering on insecurity and influx of human contact at APM Terminals, Apapa Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNational Coordinator, NAGAFF 100% Compliance Alh. Ibrahim Tanko who raised the concerns in a letter to the Managing Director, APM Terminal Apapa.
He through the letter also allegedly lamented what he called human contact (extortion), that such human contact is currently causing delay in cargo clearance from the terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Coordinator also confirmed through the letter that it takes an average of four days to conduct physical examination and scanning of boxes. While highlighting high level of human difficulties and other challenges at APM terminals operational activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tanko reiterated furtherthat \u201cThere is also issue of insecurity as APMT terminal is flooded by those who have no business being in the port. \u201cToo much delay in conducting physical examination also because it takes average of 4-5 days to conduct physical examination, and same is in scanning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe noted with dismay the continued influx of all kinds of characters milling around your terminal; that vagrants now sleep there with all kinds of wares and illicit services going on. \u201cReports of robbers trailing freight forwarders to their homes abound all because of non identification. \u201cThere is also issue of examination bay being dusty, often affecting our members and other lawful users of the examination bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Coordinator added further that several complaints have been made on these challenges and all to no avail. \u201cWe believe that the complaints never reached your table, pointing out that \u201cAll these challenges and other issues are grossly affecting us especially as it regards timely clearance of our consignments and trade facilitation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the letter further accused the Stakeholders’ Manager of the Port concessionaire, simply identified as Mr. Kayode of militating against trade facilitation. It noted that the stakeholders Manager has failed to interact with freight forwarders on the best way to promote trade and resolving challenges faced on cargo clearance from the terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letter reads, \u201cWe are sadly impelled to write this petition to your esteemed office against one Mr. Kayode, your Stakeholders manager who has turned himself a clog and or stumbling block to the smooth running and cordial relationship between our members and your management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur office (100 percent compliance Task Team) has been inundated with serious complaints and allegations against Mr. kayode who often than not, in the face of extenuating circumstances, unfair trade practices, impasse and other challenges in the port hold himself out to intervene or mediate but is inclined to surreptitiously and deliberately stopping us from reaching or approaching your management for intervention and or amicable resolution. \u201cSir, it is beyond equivocation that the behaviour and activity of Mr. Kayode within the port will cause serious unrest and industrial action if nothing is expeditiously done to checkmate his incessant interference, \/activities geared towards sabotaging our concerted efforts in ensuring good and cordial relationships between your management and our members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have since been engaging and pacifying our aggrieved members as a result of Mr. Kayode’s encumbrances, parochial and self-serving interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSir, to ensure the smooth running of business in the port, we demand that Mr Kayode be called to order. Please note that any action taken by us in protecting our interests is caused by Mr. Kayode. Let him focus on his job and allow us to do ours. \u201cLet him desist forthwith from further interference with our businesses, allow us the freedom to interface with your management so we can make known or communicate our challenges and grievances without let or hindrances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is noteworthy that since the exit of Mr. Odibe over two years ago, there has not been any form of interaction, meeting or correspondence with your management. And you have someone designated as Stakeholders Manager in the person of Mr, Kayode”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He continued: \u201cFlowing from the above, we are constrained to implore you to take necessary disciplinary actions against the said Mr Kayode whose conducts and activities as chronicled above are at best conducts unbecoming of an employee of his status that is at all times expected to maintain high integrity, impartiality and probity in the discharge of his duties and service.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RAISES ALARM OVER EXTORTION AT APM TERMINALS***Says Such Causes Delay in Cargo Clearance The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) is on it again.This time the 100% Task Team of the Freight Forwarding association has raised the alarm over issues bothering on insecurity and influx of human contact at APM Terminals, Apapa Lagos. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsemperormagazines.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}