BREAKING: Ajegunle ,Mushin Thugs Set To Hijack Protest At TCIPC , As NAGAFF Withdraws Members From Strike

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has withdrawn its members from the ongoing protest at the nation’s seaports against the Vehicles Identification Number (VIN) policy introduced by the Federal Ministry of Finance currently implemented by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

 

The protest has so far entered the fourth day as at Wednesday , February 23 2022, as customs and freight agents are at each others throat to resolve the VIN policy.

 

National Coordinator 100% Task Team of NAGAFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko who stated this on Wednesday in Lagos during a press briefing stressed the need for aggrieved freight forwarders and licensed customs agents to engage customs constructively in resolving the disagreement.

 

Tanko noted that intelligence reports indicated that hoodlums from Ajegunle and Mushin are already on ground to hijack the protest from aggrieved freight forwarders and licensed customs agents, adding that members of the umbrella body of practitioners have been instructed withdraw from the protest.

 

According to him, the NAGAFF executives at the national will engage management of the service on the best way in addressing the VIN policy, urging freight agents to engage customs constructively on the best way in resolving the agitation.

 

“Our eyes and ears are on the ground and I need to protect my people. We have strong information that yesterday night stroke this morning about that. The police and navy have been alerted and that is why we have to withdraw from the ongoing project.

 

“We remember what happened to ENDSARS where some people hijacked the peaceful protest and at the end we lost some lives .This time around we have confirmed information since yesterday that people from Ajegunle and Mushin are already participating in the protest.

 

“They don’t know what is freight forwarding business and with such kind of people,before you know it, the situation will be out of control  and I don’t want anybody to tanish the image of 100% Compliance task team of NAGAFF because of the protest. And as we said because, we are going to engage customs on how they arrive at the value and valuation on vehicles .

 

“I repeat that NAGAFF 100% Compliance team is not part of the protest at Tin Can Island Port. I have already addressed that issues because we are going to meet with management of Customs from tomorrow.

 

“We are trying to avoid people coming to hijack this protest at the port and am protecting my people from it and we are not the people doing the strike now and already our people have withdrawn from the protest at Tin Can Island Port.

 

He added that the e- valuation has come to stay but added that “We need to know how customs ‘ come to the value they placed on vehicles.

 

 

By Roland Ekama