By Godwin Oritse
FOLLOWING the rising rate of fake and substandard imports into Nigeria, Importers and licensed customs agents have called for the return of Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) to the ports.
But they also frowned at the incessant interception of containers suspected to be carrying substandard imports along ports access roads after they were duly released from the ports
Founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, said most government agencies not officially assigned to be at the seaports were currently unofficially around or having their operatives stationed along port access roads.
Aniebonam who lamented this trend, said the best option was for the federal government to allow its agencies to officially come back to the port. WThis, according to him, will further promote trade facilitation…
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