The Governing Council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has directed its outgoing Registrar, Sam Nwakohu, to hand over the affairs of the regulatory body to Chinyere Uromta, when his tenure expires next Tuesday January 31.
Uromta, who is the Director, Regulations and Enforcement, is the most senior officer in the agency.
This was part of the resolutions of an Emergency Meeting of the CRFFN Governing Council held yesterday in Abuja under the chairmanship of Dr. Abubakar Tsanni.
According to a communiqué made available to newsmen after the meeting, the CRFFN Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Discipline was mandated to commence preparations for re-appointment/appointment of a new Registrar.
“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 others, 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 ad hoc committee with Hon. Efeanyi Isikaku as chairman and four others to study the contents of the letter and advise the council on the way forward.
“Following the completion of its assignment and submitting its report, the council, therefore, convened today in Abuja to deliberate on the next line of action to be taken in respect of the committee’s recommendations.
“The ad hoc 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 hand over 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 a substantive Registrar,” the communiqué read.
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