Immediate past National President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu does not engage in cheap talk nor mince words whenever he chooses to speak. He talks maritime business and politics in a straight, frank and objective manner; much the same way his passion to drive changes has remained unshaken. In this interview with Eguono Odjegba, Shittu bares his mind on a number of burning ports issues cutting across failed port concession, human migration into the port industry, proliferation of deep seaport, import/export growth index and politics of cargo scanners. In his usual unapologetic straightforwardness, he declares "Nigerians have very low compliance level, our problem is being Nigerian and it is a catch 2/2 thing. Those who are not compliant get their way in because they pay their way through. It affects those who are compliant." Enjoy the conversation. Excerpts:
CRFFN appeared birthed to controversy from inception, as a former Council Chairman, can you provide us with the objectives it actually set out to achieve and how best these objectives can be implemented?
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