A 5-member Headquarters Compliance Response Team has been inaugurated by the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) to further synergise and strengthen the Tanko-Led Compliance Team in other to ensure 100 percent Compliance at the corridors of the ports and safeguarding of investments.
The founder of NAGAFF, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the team in Lagos, stated that the Compliance Response Team was created for the purpose of supporting and collaborating with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and other government agencies in the port to ensure trade facilitation through honest declaration of cargoes and full compliance to the laws at all levels of the ports.
The NAGAFF boss said the major operations of the team will be focused on filing reports and petitions against forms of non compliance or infractions to appropriate quarters for swift action."The Compliance team of NAGAFF have just simply come to add value to port operations and the economy of the nation" he said.
"We are not relenting in our efforts in informing and educating people on compliance because that is how we can get it right. We will continue to do our best in matters of advocacy. Tanko has done a tremendous work and he is still doing.The headquarters compliance Team under my Watch is not against the Tanko-Led team but more of "documentary" so that there will be a follow up on their efforts.
"Our activities will be more on education and enlightenment. Subsequently we will be educating people on matters of compliance a that they do not lose their investments unecessarily. Everything the team will be doing from the headquarters will be in writing to the appropriate quarters for swift intervention on issues" Aniebonam said.
The NAGAFF Chairman Board of Trustees, Chidiebere Enelamah reiterated the mandate of the Compliance team even as he stated that the Headquarters Compliance Team is domiciled in the Office the Founder. He however charged the Team to colloraborate with the Zonal Compliance team and other agencies to ensure they achieve their mandate.
The Chairman of the NAGAFF Headquarters Compliance Response Team, Rev. Emmanuel Agubanze pledged the team's unalloyed loyalty and promised to efficiently carry out the mandate given to the team.
The 5 members inaugurated into the team include Rev. Emmanuel Agubanze, Ignatius Nwachukwu, Lady Melody Obehi, Francis Omotoso, and Chief Simeon Olua.
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