ANCLA Urges Synergy Among Freight Forwarders

The Association  of Ni
geria Licensed Customs Agents (ANCLA) has tasked freight forwarders  in Nigeria to ensure that they work in line with the principles of networking among themselves in order to promote best and effective practices in the business.
The National President  ANCLA, Olayiwola  Shittu, gave the advice on Friday at ANCLA House Onne, while speaking with The Tide.
Shittu said customs agents  need to take advantage  of the business  opportunities embedded in break-bulk  conferences across the world to strive in the business of feight forwarding and clearing stressing that the new trends of business  opportunity demand a lot of networking for growth and sustainability.
He said the essence of the break-bulk conference is to ensure that the business of freight forwarders go beyond  the immediate  microcosm level  of their  operations,  stressing  that the idea  of  break-bulk was to assist expand the business horizon of freight forwarders to be  conversant with what is obtainable other climes.
The ANCLA boss said  networking  is now modern in the business of clearing and forwarding since it involved absorbing international best practices.
He said ANCLA has always  been in the fore-front of pushing for an enabling business environment which  is the reason for appreciating what break-bulk conference   is doing to educate people on business opportunities in  clearing  and forwarding .
Shittu explaind that break-bulk  as part of the activities of  freight forwarders was organised  to run business conferences and exhibitions as a process of bringing projects to the knowledge of business owners across the world and seek the needed resources to backup the business.
The ANCLA National President also commended members of the association operating at Onne port and urged them to  conduct their business within the framework of the rules  and regulations stipulated by the authorities.
He enjoined the association  members to conduct their forthcoming election peacefully.

Philip Okparaji