APPFLON tasks newly elected CRFFN governing board members on quality representation

The Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria- (APFFLON) has charged the newly elected governing council members of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) to show capacity as they represent practitioners.

This is just as the group commended the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, for taking a bold step towards reforming the freight forwarding subsector.

The National President of APFFLON, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite, in a media chat, after monitoring the election in Lagos on Wednesday, which saw 15 persons elected into the Council expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election, saying it was a peaceful exercise.

The election, which was supposed to be held last year,2021 was put on hold because of the disagreement that ensued over the Council’s electoral process as it did not satisfy the interests of all the categories that formed its membership.

According to APFFLON, “The firm stance of the Hon. Minister on conducting a fair and credible CRFFN election is an attestation to the Minister’s desire and willingness to leave the freight forwarding subsector better than he met it. By this election, the Minister and his team have shown administrative capacity, and APFFLON is satisfied with the conduct of the election.”

“We also want to congratulate the new members of the Board and all the contested that lost, we salute your courage, you are all winners provided you had the intention to contribute meaningfully to the growth of the sector. You are patriotic citizens and we urge you not to relent in proffering solutions to the numerous challenges facing the freight forwarding subsector.”

“Having congratulated the new Council Members, we also appreciate the leaderships of all the associations; ANLCA, NAGAFF, ARFFN, NCMDCLA, NAFAC, and the media for their wonderful roles.

“I want to specially thank the Founder of NAGAFF, Dr.Boniface Aniebonam, Aare Hakeem Olanrewaju, Prince Olayiwola Shittu and Mr. Lucky Amiwero, for their immense contributions to the sector, we salute their doggedness.

“To the newly elected Board members, we expect you to show capacity as you go there to represent us. A great responsibility now lies on your individual shoulders and as our representatives at the Council, we expect you people to be selfless and ready to work assiduously to achieve the desired results. We demand quality representation and a total departure from the manner of representation given to us by the immediate past Governing Council members.” The group advised.