MARGARET CHIDERA
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Nigeria has called for collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), to aid trade facilitation in Africa.
The Chairman of ICC Global Customs & Trade Commission, Mr Segun Olugboyegun, made the call when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos recently.
Olugboyegun said ICC wants a strong partnership with the Shippers’ Council seeing as it has been promoting trade facilitation in the maritime sector.
The Executive secretary of ICC Nigeria, Mrs Olubunmi Osuntuyi, who made a presentation on ‘‘ICC Global Customs & Trade Facilitation Commission’’, said the ICC is championing the adoption of digitalised Customs’ processes while emphasising the need for industry engagement on emerging policy issues within the World Customs Organisation (WCO), in areas such as the circular economy and data transfers in regional trade.
According to her, ICC requires NSC’s involvement in their capacity-building programmes, adding that NSC had participated in some of their programmes in the past.
Also speaking, a member of the delegation, Mr Olu Vincent commended the Nigerian Shippers’ Council for the pivotal role it has played in trade facilitation in the maritime sector.
He called on the Council to extend this synergy to other institutions such as banks, for the promotion of trade.
In his response, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of NSC, Hon. Emmanuel Jime appreciated the visit by the International Chamber of Commerce.
Jime said NSC promotes seamless trade and carries out activities that are beneficial to shippers in the country.
The NSC boss maintained that the Council recognised the importance of International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) like Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF) which Nigeria has adopted for export products.
