Shippers’ Council seeks review of quarantine laws

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Mr Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC).

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, has urged the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) to review its laws to meet international standards and facilitate trade.

Bello made the plea in Lagos on Thursday at a meeting of officials of the NAQS, NSC, shippers and freight forwarders.

According to him, the laws guiding the operations of NAQS are too old and should be reviewed to facilitate trade and reduce the cost of doing business.

The executive secretary said that the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, had called for proper technologies to be used at the ports to reduce human contact.

“The Ministry of Transportation has launched electronic platforms to educate port users such as the Single Window, Standard Operating Procedures, among others,…

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