Comptroller I. Imam, Customs Area Controller of Onne Customs Command charges members of the clearing and forwarding business community to chose competent and capable hands to lead them in their association
Jude Nzennaya Port Harcourt
Comptroller I. Imam of Customs Area 2 Command has called on the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), members to vote for a competent and capable hand to lead the association in their fourth coming NECOM election.
Comptroller Imam made the clarion call on Wednesday in his command when the presidential campaign team of Dr Kayode Farinto Collins, other Contestants and chieftains of ANLCA paid him courtesy visit.
The visit was led by one the Patron of ANLCA, Chief Henry Njoku, the presidential candidate in the election, Dr Kayode Farinto, the Vice Presidential Candidate, Chief Dennis Ukwu, National Secretary, Alhaji Babatunde Mukaila among others, the Customs Controller who described Dr. Kayode Farinto as a long time friend and capable of leading the group.
“I don’t see Farinto as the Acting National President, I see him as the president. In fact he is already there, because I know he has the capacity, intelligence and is capable to lead ANLCA. If we were to be part of the voters, I will vote for him and endorsed him now. I urged you all to vote for him because he is competent and capable”.
Imam, who took over the Command barely four months ago said he is having a cordial working relationship with ANLCA members and runs an open door policy.
”My doors are open here, I don’t bar anybody from seeing me. In fact I need information and intelligence from outsiders more than even my officers. if I see you through my screen here , I will tell my officers to allow you in. Am not the best, is only an opportunity to serve. You can be the best, but another thing is to be given opportunity to Serve. So I treat everybody equally”, the Controller said.
Responding to the request for training of his members and other challenges faced by his members as posited by Farinto, Comptroller Imam said, he just built a Conference hall and equipped a training centre for the Command and in the next one month he will liaise with the Onne Chapter Chairman, Chief Mike Ebeatu to seek what kind of training his members need to start training them.
On resolving operational challenges faced by freight forwarders, he said the command under his leadership will always resolve trade disputes for a win win on both sides.
Highlight of the visit was when the Area Controller took the team round to show the newly built and equipped Conference Centre, Computer equipped training centre and other infrastructural face lifts in the Command embarked by the Controller within three months in Office.
