Lagos: NAGAFF raises alarm over unilateral shipping charge hikes at Apapa ports

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders has expressed interest implicit what it termed arbitrary and unilateral increases successful shipping fees by definite shipping companies operating astatine the Apapa ports successful Lagos.

The concerns were conveyed successful a missive addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council astatine Park Lane, Apapa, with a transcript forwarded to the Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority Police (Western Command), Apapa.

The correspondence, titled “Administrative Overreach: The Non-Consensual and Arbitrary Increase of Shipping Charges successful Breach of Established Procedure and Protocol,” was received connected March 12 astatine astir 2:30 p.m.

In effect to the complaint, the Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority Police Western Command, convened a gathering with NAGAFF enactment to sermon the matter.

Participants included Mr. Bert Okeke, Secretary and typical of NAGAFF Chairman Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko; Mr. Uche Nwabude, Operational Head; Chief Raf Nwoye, Technical Director; and 8 different relation members.<...