Stakeholders Rally Behind Reforms In Freight Services

Stakeholders in the maritime industry have drummed up support for the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and its moves to sanitise the sub-sector.

While they reckoned that the exercise would not be a stroll in the park, they said the reform was worthwhile for the sector and the economy at large. The CRFFN was created by Act No. 16, 2007 with the mandate to regulate and control the practice of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, and also promote the highest standards of competence, practice and conduct among members of the profession.

However, since the creation of the council, it has been struggling to achieve the mandate and the vision set before it, even though some of its activities were perceived by critics as contributing to the increase in prices of imported goods.