By Temitope Adebayo The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has called on professional groups, businesses, and individuals to bolster ongoing trade facilitation initiatives in West Africa by using the ECOWAS Trade Obstacles Alert Mechanism (TOAM) to eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) across the sub-region. This is even as the agency lamented that, through TOAM, more than 400 […]
Temitope Adebayo The Federal Government on Monday restated its commitment toward reducing the cost of shipping to boost trade in Africa. Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made this known at the Sub-Regional Summit on Unfair Shipping Surcharges and High Local Shipping Charges at the Ports of West and Central Africa in Abuja. Osinbajo, represented by the […]
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) says its members will not pay the registration fee demanded by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). “The clearing agents’ registration fee initiated by the NSC negated the Federal Government’s policy on the Ease of Doing Business at ports,” ANLCA’s National Vice President, Dr Collins Farinto said. This […]