…Vows To Implement Recommendations, Observations
…Says Developing, Implementing Cargo Bill Of Rights Guarantees Improved Exports
…As Committee Completes 3 Stages Of Assignment
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),Kabir Mohammed, has said that the lingering problem of delays and collection of multiple charges for cargo at the Murtala Muhammed Airport(MMA),Lagos will soon be over.
This is just as he assured the Aviacargo Roadmap Committee that its observation and recommendations will be implemented.
He said these at the monthly briefing by the Coordinator of the Committee Ambassador Ikechi Uko .
Speaking at this month’s briefing Uko told the Managing Director that the Committee could not make presentations in the last months because of the field trip embarked upon by the Committee.
He said that of the five stage project plan, the Committee has completed three stages and it has only two legs left to complete the job, seeking the support of the FAAN boss to proceed with the remaining parts of the job.
He said that this includes collation and report writing of the findings by subject matter experts.
He listed the 10 points that have been identified by the Committee for implementation.
Highlights of his presentation is the FAAN Cargo Bill of Rights that guarantees the swift, transparent and efficient handling of any goods that steps into any Nigerian airport.
On the designated cargo village, Uko said it will transform unknown goods to known goods.
According to Uko, “Nigerian exports are rejected because they are unknown and cannot be traced. So the job of the Aviacargo Village is to transform unknown or unsecured goods to known goods before export. This is the global standard and should be enforced in Nigeria,” said Ambassador Uko.
Nigeria, he said has successfully implemented IATA IOSA for airlines and should establish a similar thing for players in the cargo ecosystem.
He identified levels of registration and certification needed for the industry starting from farm registration to certification of cargo agents, handling companies and freight forwarders.
Receiving the presentation, the FAAN Managing Director thanked the Committee for its selfless commitment to the delivery of a new AviaCargo environment in Nigeria.
He promised to support the development of new standard operating procedures for the operators in the cargo terminals in Nigeria.
FAAN will also implement new service level agreements that will overhaul the whole cargo operations in Nigeria.
He said that by implementing the Cargo Bill of Rights, the new SOPs and SLAs the airports will effectively become a corruption free zone, adding that these new measures will improve the integrity of the exports from Nigeria and will reduce the rejection of goods.
The implementation of a new five level secure supply chain pathway will improve the quality of AviaCargo business in Nigeria as it cuts across the whole value chain starting from the farms.
Nothing, he said, will be accepted at the airport that cannot be traced and did not pass through the pathway, stressing that FAAN management will join the retreat for the final production of the report as it will mark the beginning of a new era for AviaCargo in Nigeria.
The report was presented in the presence of the Director of Commercial and Business Development of FAAN Olumuyiwa Pearse, General Managers, Business Development and that of Cargo and Hycienth Ngwu ,the Chief of Staff to the MD Barrister Kwasau and many other stakeholders.
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