LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (ARFFN), Bar. Metu Augustine Ejike has commended the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniy for his incredible work in reforming the Customs and pleaded that he should be given more time to finish his good works.
“Since he is the WCO Chairperson, President Tinubu knows what to do to enable him keep his job at the global level,” he said.
Speaking at the monthly Media Roundtable of the Congress of Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP) yesterday, July 29, 2025, in Lagos, Metu recalled that AREFFN founded in 2007 is one of the registered groups under the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarders in Nigeria (CRFFN).
He disclosed that his Group which has Chapters in the East, West and Northern parts of Nigeria has been consistently in tackling issues at the nation’s borders and ports, just as he called on regulatory agencies to live up to their statutory responsibilities.
Metu, a Nollywood veteran and erudite scholar, said he was recently called to the Nigerian Bar and was keen on speaking up on national issues to contribute his quota to national development.
Recounting his Law school experience, Barr. Metu said life was regimented and they were not allowed to do certain things.
Metu who equally is the President of Umuoji Improvement Union said the coming of the digital revolution has given him the ability to work seamlessly as a freight forwarder, lawyer and movie producer.
Reflecting on the current drive by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027, Metu said the APC was a coalition that took power from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014, noting that the current ADC coalition is a force that should be watched closely.
A relentless advocate for Nigerian unity, Metu said neo-colonialism had destroyed the essence of development in the country and urged Nigerians to do away with tribalism and sectionalism to forge a better country.
In his remarks, the President of CONMMEP, Udo Onyeka, thanked the Guest Speaker for honouring the invitation and assured him of working relationship between CONMMEP and AREFFN.
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