By Godwin Oritse
Foreign shipping companies operating in Nigeria have been accused of contravening federal government’s directive on holding bays for their empty containers, six years after a fresh ultimatum was issued by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to that effect.
Speaking at the NPA’s quarterly stakeholders meeting in Lagos, Mr Segun Oduntan, Chairman, Tin-Can Island Chapter of the Association of Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, said foreign shipping lines are taking advantage of the uncoordinated port system in Nigeria to defraud the nation by deliberately refusing to have holding bays for their empty containers. He stated that despite letters written by NPA, the shipping firms have, however, bluntly refused to yield to the call, adding that they have succeeded in forming a cabal against the port authorities.
Oduntan, therefore, warned the management of NPA not to…
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