AREFFN Re-positions For Efficiency, Synergy with Sector Stakeholders

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Interim national president of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders (AREFFN), Alhaji Bala Lawan Daura, has said that the body is set to re-position for improved efficiency and synergy with industry stakeholders in the maritime sector of the Nigerian economy.

In a chat with members of the Maritime, Energy Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MEMPON) at a briefing in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Bala Lawan Daura said he and his management team would use their one-year period of headship of AREFFN to reposition the association for better performance.

AREFFN, registered in 2007 by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria (CRFFN), is among the five registered key industry players operating at the nation’s maritime sub-sector, as well as the import – export sector.

He debunked allegations that the body was embroiled in leadership crisis, as the freight forwarders Board of Trustees (BoT) had resolved the issue by appointing an interim management team, to stabilize the 10-year old body, and take it to next level through an election of a new national leadership.

Accompanied to the briefing by Chidi Opara, interim national secretary, Ukachukwu Kanu, eastern zonal coordinator, Kierian Uzowuru Area 1 Ports chairman, and Gabriel Okonkwo, chairman of Onne Port chapter of the association, Daura said they have written to sister industry players such as NAGAFF, ANLCA, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), MEMPON, among others, soliciting for professional synergy.

He noted that it would be through such collaborative initiatives that would help engender operational efficiency into AREFFN and better working relationship with relevant industry players at the ports; thereby furthering welfare of port users, while improving on the ease-of-doing business at the ports, in line with the Federal Government’s policy drive.

National president of the the Maritime, Energy Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MEMPON), Amb (Dr) Ralph John, advised the AREFFN team to consider organizing seminars and workshops where members would receive lectures on current trends in freight forwarding business from knowledgeable resource persons, in order to tune-up members for efficiency and operational guidelines.

The MEMPON group also included the national vice president, Barth Ndubuwah, national secretary, Onyema Enyi Golden, and treasurer, Florence Jose-Pere, among other members.

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