Immediate past Deputy National President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Emenike Nwokeoji, in this interview with Godfrey Bivbere before the the current crisis rocking the Association, spoke on the cause of shipping cost differential, port operation in Lagos and the eastern part of the country and other issues in the industry.
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Why are importers around the eastern and southern parts of the country channeling the consignments to Lagos instead of the ports in their area?
And Lagos is a bigger market or the biggest market in the country. So it might be wrong to start comparing Lagos to any other market, so if we are looking at it from that angle.
But the market around Port Harcourt market, you have Aba and neighboring states that don’t have ports, are they supposed to access the Warri axis since its closer to get to their market from those ports in those areas. That is the perspective am looking at it when I said the cargo traffic is…
