LAGOS – A Maritime Consultant, Mr Joe Okonmah, on Friday advised the executives of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) to be open-minded and guide against tribalism.
Okonmah, who was the programme facilitator at a two-day retreat organised by NAGAFF for its newly elected executives, said that the association must be Pan-Nigeria, instead of Pan-Igbo.
“NAGAFF members should redirect their minds against the ‘one man’ syndrome,’’ he said.
Okonmah appealed to the executives of the chapter to work more closely with the executives at the national level.
According to the programme facilitator, the NAGAFF constitution does not specify roles for elected officers at the chapter level.
“There is no need to assume that people know their roles; it must be spelt out.
“The idea of somebody losing an election at the chapter level and thereafter being appointed into another office at the mational must be discouraged,’’ he said.
NAGAFF National President, Chief Eugene Nweke, said it was imperative that executives acquired skills on how to deliver quality leadership at the various chapters.
Nweke said that government policies in the maritime industry changed on daily basis and urged the freight forwarders to be dynamic and update their operational skills.
“The essential word is service delivery and for you to get officers to fit into this vision, you need to take them back to the classroom so that they will be able to propagate the gospel’’.
Review of the NAGAFF constitution was an issue on the retreat’s agenda. (NAN)