By: Joy Enamuna

Barely three days to expiration of Barr. Sam Nwakohu tenure, as the Register, of Council For The Regulations of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, (CRFFN), the Council has resolved that Mrs Chinyere Uromta the current Director Regulations and Enforcement should be the new Register effect from 31st of January 2023.

The resolution which came after an Emergency General Meeting which was held 24hours ago at the council’s Liason Office Abuja was chaied by the chairman of the governing council Dr. Abubakar Tsanni.

According to a communique made available to the Lagos Trace News, the chairman Committee on Media and Publicity of the governing council Hon. Muftahu Ya”u , “
the council held the meeting as a result of Matters Arising from a letter submitted by the Registrar of the council Barr. Sam Nwakohu during the governing council’s last year end of the year General Council Meeting held in Abuja”.

” The letter submitted by the council’s Registrar, contained among other, the expiration of his tenure on 31st of January this year. Immediately after receiving and reading the letter to the council, the Chairman governing council CRFFN. Dr. Abubakar Tsanni formed an AdHoc Committee with Hon. Efeanyi Isikaku as chairman and four others to study the contents of the letter and advise the council of the way forward.

” Following the completion of its assignment and submitting its report, the council therefore, convened 26th January 2023 in Abuja to deliberate on next line of action to be taken in respect of the committee’s recommendations.

The AdHoc committee made important recommendations with reference to the provisions of Public Service Rules as well as the council’s Act.

“The committee however, recommended that in order to avoid vacuum after the expiration of the Registrar’s tenure, the council shall start making arrangement for a handover of the Registrars office to the most senior management staff of the council. Similarly, the committee also recommends that the Appointment Promotion and Discipline committee of the council be directed to start making preparations for reappointment or appointment of substantive Registrar”.

“Finally, the council’s chairman soon after the adoption, approval and ratification of the committee’s recommendations by members of the council directed the followings:
1) Arrangements for the Registrar’s handover to Mrs Chinyere Uromta Director Regulations and
2) That committee on Appointment Promotion and Discipline go ahead to start preparations for reappointment/appointment of a new Registrar. on 31st of January 2023″.