NAFFAC To Establish Three Chapters Outside Lagos

The Nigeria Association of Air Freight Forwarders and Consolidators (NAFFAC)  has said plans are afoot to unveil new  chapters of the association at the eastern ports of the country.

 

President General of the association, Prince Adeyinka Bakare disclosed this in a chat with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos.

 

According to him, NAFFAC has been working round the clock to establish new chapters and to reopen some of the chapters closed down a long time ago.

 

He stated that in a couple of weeks, the association would unveil it’s Calabar branch while that of Port Harcourt and Enugu would come on stream before the end of  third quarter of 2019.

 

Prince Adeyinka who took over from Chukwuma Agubamah in August 2018 as President General of the association, added that the Abuja chapter would also come up before the end of year, pointing out that members of the executive have contributed immensely to the growth and sustenance of NAFFAC. .

 

He added that expansion of the association to other states where freight forwarding activities are vibrant is key , noting that the projects would be completed in four months time.

 

He also lamented that the association is not financially buoyant like other bigger associations in the freight forwarding sub sector of the transport and logistics chain supply.

 

Speaking further , he added that ” Within three or four months time to come; We should have completed  three or four chapters of the association.

 

“A lot is happening in NAFFAC since I assume office last year. We are working on how to gain back the chapters that are not really functioning as we wanted and that is why  we want to revive and also establish new chapters .

 

“NAFFAC is not a financial buoyant association like others but we are working towards achieving our goals”,he added.