The Nigerian Shippers’ Council has commenced a move for the formation of a National Shippers’ Association across the country.
Speaking at a one-day meeting with selected Presidents of State Shippers’ Associations at the Council head office in Lagos recently, the Executive Secretary Mr. Hassan Bello, who was represented at the meeting by the Director, Consumer Affairs Department, Chief Cajetan Agu, stated that the forum was to provide a platform that would develop a framework for the formulation of a credible and resourceful National Shippers’ Association.
He noted that shippers were and still remained the most important partners to the Council.
He said, ‘‘The key priority of the Council is to ensure that shippers are constituted into strong and formidable blocks capable of negotiating with transport service providers on freight payable and associated transport costs.”
At the end of the meeting, the NSC and Presidents of State Shippers’ Associations agreed on the formulation of the National Shippers Association .
