Dr. Farinto Urges Youths To Rise Up For New Order In ANLCA

It was a rousing welcome with fanfare and drumming  from  different  tribes when the Acting National President/ Presidential Candidate of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Dr Farinto Collins Kayode and his entourage visited the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja Chapter of the association on Tuesday.

Speaking with members at the  Chapter’s Secretariat at the NAHCO complex, Dr Farinto said the crises in the association is the battle between the old and  the new order in the association, saying some people in the association wanted the old way of doing things to remain.

 

Dr Farinto and his team of contestants among the association’s chieftains have continued their campaign tour to various chapters of the ANLCA in preparation for  the July 5th , National Executive Committee (NECOM) election of the association.

Farinto urged his members , especially the youths  to rise up and protect  the association and their profession.

He stated that” In the past five years,  we have been in crises, the trouble is that the old people don’t want to give way to the new order, which has kept ANLCA where it is today. We must begin to do things right and protect our profession. Over 90% of our jobs , especially Project Cargoes heve been taken over by foreigners.

How many of you even at the airport here are clearing project Cargoes.?

Government agencies will take decisions without involving us as critical stakeholders, all these must stopped.If am elected, everybody will be carried along in the decision making that concerns our profession”.

The ANLCA Acting National President said if elected he will implement his ten point agenda which has to do with welfare of members, training and retraining among others.

” As a member of CRFFN and Chairman Education Committee, the Act says you must have at least a Diploma in Freight Forwarding before you are allow to practice and it is going to be enforced in 2024.  So we will focus on training and retraining of our members even to know how to clear dangerous Cargoes”.

He urged them to vote for a good team that will lead the association well. ” In my short period as the Acting National President, even amidst crises,  we tried our best , please if any group of people come to you asked them what they have done in the last two years in ANLCA.

” The same people who were  hiring hoodlums and thugs destroying and trying to burn down the National Secretariat of ANLCA are the people who are going round claiming to want to led you”.

The highpoint of the event was the team visit to the Customs Area Controller office at the Airport Command. Dr Farinto also introduced his team of other contestants in various positions to include

Chief Dennis Okwu, vying for the position of Vice President, Chief Lawrence Uba for National Secretary, Chief Chuks Okoro for Financial Secretary and Segun Alabi as Assistant National Secretary.

Alhaji Afolabi Abdulazeez who is vying for the position of National Treasurer, who is also from the chapter was officially handed over to  Dr Farinto by the Chairman of the chapter, Adewusi as their preferred candidate and ambassador of the chapter.

Others are Emmanuel Onyeme for NPS and Alhaji Femi  Anifowose as  Western zone Coordinator.

The campaign will continue in other chapters of the Western zone as the team has already concluded campaign visits to both Eastern and Northern Zones of the association.