Group reports NPA to Minister over violation of CRFFN Act 2007
The leadership of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has reported what it described as violation of section 30 of the CRFFN Act 2007 by the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) over alleged imposition…
Upon recent amendments, terminal operators still abuse CEMA Act—Amiwero
Indications have emerged showing that sharp practices surrounding waivers are currently compelling importers to abandon goods in ports, a scenario capable of hobbling business activities in the ports. The act is sequel to undermining of Customs and Excise Management Act…
Stakeholders’ seek demurrage waiver on grounds of bad port access roads
Considering the intractable haulage challenges passed through by shippers, clearing agents, and truck drivers, leading stakeholders in the nation’s maritime sub sector has made case for waiver on demurrage arising from delays in moving imported materials out of Lagos ports….
Growth in Transportation ministry is crawling because the minister is a learner—Amiwero
Living encyclopedia in the nation’s transport ministry and maritime industry in particular, Lucky Amiwero has given insights on why developments in the transportation ministry and particularly the Maritime sector are crawling. Explaining more in an interview, the the National President…
How NIMASA’s inactivity in facilitating indigenous ship ownership killed sector in 10 years
An expose of what the federal government had in mind before setting up the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) several years ago has been revealed. Explaining more at the Day two of the ongoing three-day training programme for…
Maritime expert, Amiwero lists three factors foreign investors consider in decision making
More reasons have emerged on why foreign direct investment (FDI) has ebbed since last year to date. Leading maritime stakeholder and President of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero Monday listed three key…
Time to stop Hameed Ali from functioning without constituted Customs Board–Amiwero
Serving as a substantive Comptroller General of Customs for more than one year without a constituted Board for the direction of affairs at the money spinning federal agency, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), has captured the anger of several stakeholders in…
Fears as regional competitors’ target 100% cargo traffic in W/Central Africa
Leading shipping analyst and President of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr. Lucky Amiwero, on Monday in Lagos called for an immediate reversal of an emerging dangerous trend in the shipping industry capable of pushing…
