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T he Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria held its Training of Trainers (TOT) programme,on Pedagogy and andragogy,last week at the Multimix Academy Global L earning C entre. T he w eek-long Vol. 1 No. 1 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH 12 3 7 February Edition 2014 Nigeria, others to drive Africa’s Transport, Logistics sector 2 cont’d on page CRFFN holds Train the Trainers Multimix em erges best Dr lban Igwe: The Quintessential Forwarder Supplement Focus on CRFFN Accredited Training Institutions Multimix Shifts Focus to Consulting N igeria, with some key African countries, could fast track the growth of the continent's transport infrastructure by more than three per cent on a yearly basis a report by PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has revealed. In a recent report titled transport and logistics were singled out as the industry to watch as regional economies seek to grow trade and ease dependence on external assistance The report focused on 10 of Africa's leading developing nations: Algeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, The report puts Nigeria's business environment, trade and logistics and Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania and provided a snapshot of the range of business conditions and opportunities for investors.transport and infrastructure as average, with some improvement expected. Nigeria's poor infrastructure is said to have constrained growth in the logistics industry, even as time delays, bottlenecks for international shipments, poor tracking and tracing capabilities and poor logistics quality and competence are all industry risks that weigh negatively on growth prospects for logistics and transport industries. Among the 10 countries analysed, South Africa and Egypt top the list on logistics performance, followed by Tanzania and G hana, w ith N igeria in the fifth position. Africa gearing up: Future Prospect in Africa for the Transportation & Logistics Industry, The report noted that better transport and logistics capacity has a profound impact on economic growth potential and singled out a few sectors that are most relevant for T&L investors such as retail and consumer, agriculture, raw m aterials and m anufacturing. W h ile South Africa has the most developed retail sector, w ith most consum ers shopping in form al retail g as settings, N igeria's large urban population is an attractive market that can stand alone and also serve as a gateway to Western Africa, while Kenya is also emerging as a strong choice for retail companies looking to set up in Eastern Africa. An analysis of the 10 African countries show that South Africa's overall transport infrastructure scores almost identically to India's, and better than Indonesia's, and is lauded by many as one of the economies to watch. Egypt an d K en y a fo llo w ed a fte r So u th A fric a . In fact, when it comes to roads, ports and air transport infrastructure, South Africa actually scores better than C hina. It was noted that most freight in Africa gets transported through road, but the majority of the continent's roads are still unpaved and many paved roads are in poor condition. N igeria's roads carry m ore than 90 entive 2 cont’d on page event was attended by five resource persons each from the various universities/academic institutes accredited to run the CRFFN/FIATA Diploma and Higher Diploma in Freight Forwarding and Supply Chain Management. Participants at the event includes resource persons from Benue State University, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Redeemers University, Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), M odibboA dam a U niversity, Mr. Mike ukwe, CEO of CRFFN addressing participants at the CRFFN Train the Trainers
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Page 1: Logistics and supply chain platform

Th e C o u n c i l f o r t h e

R e g u l a t i o n o f F r e i g h t

F o r w a r d i n g i n N i g e r i a h e l d

i t s T r a i n i n g o f T r a i n e r s ( T O T )

p r o g r a m m e , o n P e d a g o g y a n d

a n d r a g o g y , l a s t w e e k a t t h e

M u l t i m i x A c a d e m y G l o b a l

L e a r n i n g C e n t r e . T h e w e e k - l o n g

V o l . 1 N o . 1

P E R S O N A L IT YO F T H E M O N T H

12 3 7

February Edition 2014

N ig e r ia , o th e r s to d r iv e A fr ic a ’s

T r a n s p o r t , L o g is t ic s s e c to r

2c o n t’d o n p ag e

C R F F N h o l d s T r a i n t h e T r a i n e r sM u l t i m i x e m e r g e s b e s t

Dr lban Igwe:

The Quintessential

Forwarder

S u p p l e m e n t

Focus on CRFFN Accredited

Training Institutions

M u ltim ix S h ifts

F oc u s to

C on su ltin g

Nig e r ia , w ith s o m e k e y A f r ic a n

c o u n tr ie s , c o u ld f a s t tr a c k th e

g ro w t h o f t h e c o n t i n e n t 's

tr a n s p o r t in f r a s tru c tu re b y m o re th a n

th re e p e r c e n t o n a y e a r ly b a s is a r e p o r t

b y P r ic e W a te rh o u s e C o o p e r s (P w C ) h a s

r e v e a le d .

In a r e c e n t r e p o r t t i t le d

tr a n s p o r t a n d lo g is tic s w e re s in g le d o u t

a s th e in d u s try to w a tc h a s r e g io n a l

e c o n o m ie s s e e k to g ro w tr a d e a n d e a s e

d e p e n d e n c e o n e x te rn a l a s s is ta n c e

T h e r e p o r t fo c u s e d o n 1 0 o f A f r ic a 's

le a d in g d e v e lo p in g n a tio n s : A lg e r ia ,

A n g o la , th e D e m o c ra tic R e p u b lic o f

C o n g o (D R C ) , E g y p t, G h a n a , K e n y a ,

M o z a m b iq u e ,

T h e r e p o r t p u ts N ig e r ia 's b u s in e s s

e n v iro n m e n t, tr a d e a n d lo g is tic s a n d

N ig e r ia , S o u th A f r ic a a n d Ta n z a n ia a n d

p ro v id e d a s n a p s h o t o f th e r a n g e o f

b u s in e s s c o n d itio n s a n d o p p o r tu n itie s

f o r i n v e s t o r s . t r a n s p o r t a n d

in f r a s tru c tu re a s a v e ra g e , w ith s o m e

im p ro v e m e n t e x p e c te d . N ig e r ia 's p o o r

in f r a s tru c tu re is s a id to h a v e c o n s tr a in e d

g ro w th in th e lo g is tic s in d u s try , e v e n a s

t i m e d e l a y s , b o t t l e n e c k s f o r

in te rn a tio n a l s h ip m e n ts , p o o r tr a c k in g

a n d t r a c i n g c a p a b i l i t i e s a n d p o o r

lo g is tic s q u a lity a n d c o m p e te n c e a re a ll

in d u s try r is k s th a t w e ig h n e g a tiv e ly o n

g ro w th p ro s p e c ts fo r lo g is tic s a n d

tr a n s p o r t in d u s tr ie s .

A m o n g th e 1 0 c o u n tr ie s a n a ly s e d , S o u th

A f r ic a a n d E g y p t to p th e lis t o n lo g is tic s

p e r fo rm a n c e , fo llo w e d b y Ta n z a n ia a n d

G h a n a , w ith N ig e r ia in th e f if th p o s itio n .

A fr ic a g e a r in g

u p : F u t u re P ro s p e c t i n A fr ic a fo r th e

T ra n s p o r ta tio n & L o g is tic s In d u s tr y ,

T h e r e p o r t n o te d th a t b e tte r tr a n s p o r t a n d

lo g is tic s c a p a c ity h a s a p ro fo u n d im p a c t

o n e c o n o m ic g ro w th p o te n tia l a n d

s in g le d o u t a f e w s e c to r s th a t a r e m o s t

r e le v a n t fo r T & L in v e s to r s s u c h a s r e ta il

a n d c o n s u m e r , a g r i c u l t u r e , r a w

m a te r ia ls a n d m a n u fa c tu r in g .

W h ile S o u th A f r ic a h a s th e m o s t

d e v e lo p e d r e ta il s e c to r , w ith m o s t

c o n s u m e rs s h o p p in g in fo rm a l r e ta il g a s

s e ttin g s , N ig e r ia 's la rg e u rb a n p o p u la tio n

is a n a ttr a c tiv e m a rk e t th a t c a n s ta n d

a lo n e a n d a ls o s e rv e a s a g a te w a y to

W e s te rn A f r ic a , w h ile K e n y a is a ls o

e m e rg in g a s a s tro n g c h o ic e fo r r e ta il

c o m p a n ie s lo o k in g to s e t u p in E a s te rn

A f r ic a .

A n a n a ly s is o f th e 1 0 A f r ic a n c o u n tr ie s

s h o w t h a t S o u t h A f r i c a 's o v e r a l l

tr a n s p o r t in f r a s tru c tu re s c o re s a lm o s t

id e n tic a lly to In d ia 's , a n d b e tte r th a n

In d o n e s ia 's , a n d is la u d e d b y m a n y a s

o n e o f th e e c o n o m ie s to w a tc h . E g y p t

a n d K e n y a fo llo w e d a f te r S o u th A fr ic a .

In f a c t, w h e n it c o m e s to ro a d s , p o r ts a n d

a ir tr a n s p o r t in f r a s tru c tu re , S o u th A f r ic a

a c tu a lly s c o re s b e tte r th a n C h in a .

I t w a s n o te d th a t m o s t f r e ig h t in A f r ic a

g e ts tr a n s p o r te d th ro u g h ro a d , b u t th e

m a jo r ity o f th e c o n tin e n t 's ro a d s a r e s til l

u n p a v e d a n d m a n y p a v e d ro a d s a r e in

p o o r c o n d itio n .

N ig e r ia 's ro a d s c a r ry m o re th a n 9 0 e n tiv e

2c o n t’d o n p ag e

e v e n t w a s a t t e n d e d b y f i v e r e so u r c e

p e r so n s e a c h f r o m t h e v a r i o u s

u n i v e r s i t i e s / a c a d e m i c i n s t i t u t e s

a c c r e d i t e d t o r u n t h e

C R F F N / F I A T A D i p l o m a a n d

H i g h e r D i p l o m a i n F r e i g h t

F o r w a r d i n g a n d S u p p l y C h a i n

M a n a g e m e n t .

P a r t i c i p a n t s a t t h e e v e n t i n c l u d e s

r e so u r c e p e r so n s f r o m B e n u e S t a t e

U n i v e r s i t y, F e d e r a l U n i v e r s i t y o f

T e c h n o l o g y O w e r r i , R e d e e m e r s

U n i v e r s i t y, N i g e r i a n I n s t i t u t e o f

T r a n s p o r t T e c h n o l o g y ( N I T T ) ,

M o d i b b o A d a m a U n i v e r s i t y,

M r. M ik e u k w e , C E O o f C R F F N a d d re s s in g

p a rt ic ip a n t s a t t h e C R F F N T ra in t h e T ra in e rs

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L o g i s t i c s a n d S u p p l y i n g C h a i n P l a t f o r m ( L S C P )

i s a p u b l i c a t i o n o f M u l t i m i x A c a d e m y, N i g e r i a

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r e so l v e d t o e m b a r k o n a n e w

t r a n sp o r t p o l i c y t h a t w i l l

a d d r e ss t h e c h a l l e n g e s w i t h i n t h e

t r a n sp o r t se c t o r a n d p a v e t h e w a y f o r

a m o r e e ff e c t i v e a n d a ff o r d a b l e

t r a n sp o r t a t i o n i n t h e c o u n t r y.

A t a t w o - d a y n a t i o n a l w o r k sh o p o n

u r b a n t r a n sp o r t a t i o n p o l i c y

d e v e l o p m e n t i n N i g e r i a , t h e M i n i s t e r

o f T r a n sp o r t , S e n a t o r I d r i s U m a r,

s a i d t h e l a s t u r b a n m a s s

t r a n sp o r t a t i o n p o l i c y w a s d e v e l o p e d

i n 1 9 9 8 , n o t e d t h a t a s t h e n a t i o n h a s

c o n t i n u e d t o e x p e r i e n c e p o p u l a t i o n

g r o w t h a n d u r b a n i sa t i o n , t h e r e i s

n e e d t o f o r m u l a t e p o l i c i e s a n d h i g h l y

c o o r d i n a t e d a p p r o a c h e s t o a d d r e ss

t h e i n h e r e n t t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

c h a l l e n g e s a n d m u l t i f a c e t e d

b o t t l e n e c k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e

n a t i o n 's t r a n sp o r t sy s t e m .

H e l i s t e d t h e p r o b l e m s a sso c i a t e d

w i t h t h e n a t i o n 's t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

sy s t e m a s c o n g e s t i o n , h i g h r a t e o f

a c c i d e n t s a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l

p o l l u t i o n , a m o n g o t h e r s .

U m a r e x p l a i n e d f u r t h e r t h a t

c o n s i d e r i n g t h e a s t o u n d i n g i m p a c t

o f e n v i r o n m e n t a l p o l l u t i o n o n h e a l t h

h a z a r d s a n d t h a t o f c o n g e s t i o n o n t h e

n a t i o n ' s t r a n s p o r t s y s t e m , t h e

g o v e r n m e n t d e c i d e d t o b r i n g

t o g e t h e r e x p e r t s f r o m t h e p u b l i c a n d

p r i v a t e se c t o r s t o d e v e l o p i d e a s a n d

c o m e u p w i t h a d r a f t t h a t w o u l d

a d d r e ss t h e c h a l l e n g e s

Nigeria Others to Drive Africa’s Transport, Logistics sector

C R F F N

p e rc e n t o f d o m e s tic p a s s e n g e r s a n d

f r e ig h t, th e r e p o r t s a id , b u t c a p ita l

e x p e n d itu re s a r e n o t k e e p in g u p w ith th e

n e e d fo r p re v e n tiv e m a in te n a n c e – ju s t

th r e e -q u a r te r s o f f e d e ra l ro a d s a r e in

g o o d o r f a ir c o n d itio n , a n d r e g io n a l ro a d s

a r e in w o rs e s h a p e .

A c c o rd in g to th e r e p o r t, n o t a f e w

e x e c u tiv e s f ro m lo g is tic s c o m p a n ie s w ith

o p e ra tio n s in A f r ic a s e e N ig e r ia a s o n e o f

th e A f r ic a n c o u n tr ie s w ith th e m o s t

p o te n tia l fo r th e ir b u s in e s s , a d d in g th a t

o n ly fo u r a r e a lr e a d y o p e ra tin g th e re .

T h is s u g g es ts th a t N ig e r ia s til l h a s a lo t to

d o to b e tte r p o s itio n its e lf fo r in v e s tm e n t.

T h e r e p o r t a ls o s ta te d th a t a lo t o f

c o m p a n ie s e x p a n d in g in to W e s t A f r ic a

s e e N ig e r ia a s a g a te w a y to th e r e g io n ,

e v e n b e fo re G h a n a . W h ile G h a n a 's

m a in a d v a n ta g e is a s ta b le d e m o c ra c y

a n d th u s a s a fe e n try p o in t fo r to ta l

n e w c o m e rs to th e A f r ic a n c o n tin e n t,

N ig e r ia o f f e r s b y f a r th e la rg e s t m a rk e t

in th e r e g io n , b e in g h o m e to n e a r ly 1 7 0

m illio n o f th e 2 5 0 m illio n p e o p le liv in g

in W e s t A f r ic a .

N e e d le s s to s a y , to p o n th e lis t o f

o b s ta c le s to th e n a tio n 's a m b itio u s

ta rg e t to b e a m o n g th e w o r ld 's to p 2 0

e c o n o m ie s b y 2 0 2 0 a re in a d e q u a te

p h y s ic a l in f r a s tru c tu re a n d s e c u r ity

c o n c e r n s , w h i c h i s i m p a c t i n g

n e g a tiv e ly o n th e n a tio n 's a le a d in g

d e s tin a tio n fo r in te rn a tio n a l in v e s to r s

I t th e re fo re b e h o o v e s g o v e rn m e n t to

g iv e m o re p r io r ity to a d d re s s in g th e s e ry

c h a lle n g e s a s w e ll a s th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f

th e tr a n s p o r ta tio n a n d lo g is tic s in d u s try

s u c h th a t m o re p r iv a te in v e s to r s , b o th

lo c a l a n d fo re ig n , w o u ld b e e m b o ld e n e d

to in v e s t in th e in d u s try . N o d o u b t, i t

t a k e s c o l l a b o r a t i o n b e t w e e n

g o v e rn m e n t a n d th e p r iv a te s e c to r to

g ro w th e in d u s try .

T h e P w C re p o r t t i t le d : “ A f r ic a G e a r in g

u p : F u tu re P ro s p e c ts in A f r ic a fo r th e

T ra n s p o r ta tio n & L o g is tic s In d u s try ” ,

s ta te d th a t a n e w u n d e r s ta n d in g in

A f r ic a is th a t to a ttr a c t in v e s to r s a n d

f a c ilita te g ro w th o f b u sin e s s , e v e n fo r

th e lo c a ls , tr a n s p o r t a n d lo g is tic s

in d u s try m u s t b e w e ll d e v e lo p e d , a n d

f a s t to o .

A c c o rd in g to th e r e p o r t, c o u n tr ie s lik e

S o u th A f r ic a , N ig e r ia a n d f e w o th e r s

h a v e b e e n g ro w in g th e ir tr a n s p o r t s e c to r

r a p id ly in lin e w ith th e g lo b a l b e s t

p ra c tic e s .

“ A f r i c a p r o b a b l y i s n ' t t h e b e s t

d e s tin a tio n fo r c o m p a n ie s , ju s t lo o k in g

fo r q u ic k r e v e n u e b o o s ts . T h e c o n tin e n t

n e e d s b e tte r tr a n s p o r t in f r a s tru c tu re ,

m o re c o n n e c tiv ity a c ro s s b o rd e r s a n d a n

im p ro v e d b u s in e s s e n v iro n m e n t to

r e a c h its p o te n tia l, ” th e r e p o r t s a id .

T h e r e p o r t s a i d t h a t b r i n g i n g

in f r a s tru c tu re u p in c o u n tr ie s lik e K e n y a

C e r t i f i e d I n s t i t u t e o f S h i p p i n g

( C I S ) , E m d e e M a r i t i m e I n s t i t u t e ,

M u l t i m i x A c a d e m y , F o r t u n e

B u s i n e s s S c h o o l , M a r i t i m e

A c a d e m y o f N i g e r i a ( M A N ) , a n d

I n t e r n a t i o n a l M a r i t i m e T r a i n i n g

C e n t r e .

O n t h e l a s t d a y o f t h e e v e n t , a

c o m p e t i t i o n o n p r e se n t a t i o n sk i l l s

w a s c o n d u c t e d w i t h R e so u r c e

P e r so n s f r o m M u l t i m i x A c a d e m y

e m e r g i n g w i n n e r s o f t h e

c o m p e t i t i o n . I t w i l l b e r e c a l l e d t h a t

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R e c e n t ly , th e E x e c u t iv e S e c r e ta r y , N ig e r ia n S h ip p e r s ' C o u n c i l

( N S C ) , H a s s a n B e l lo , h a d s a id th a t th e w e a k e s t l in k in th e n a t io n 's

p o r t s y s te m is f r e ig h t f o r w a r d in g p r a c t ic e .

B e l lo s a id th is d u r in g a c o u r te s y v is i t o f th e P o r ts C o n s u l ta t iv e

C o u n c i l T a s k f o r c e o n P o r t O p e r a t io n s to h im s e e k in g in te r v e n t io n

o f th e S h ip p e r s ' C o u n c i l in r e p o s i t io n in g th e p r a c t ic e o f f r e ig h t

f o r w a r d in g in N ig e r ia .

H e b la m e d th e g a p in th e p o r t s y s te m o n th e d e f ic ie n c y o f th e

C o u n c i l f o r th e R e g u la t io n o f F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g in N ig e r ia

( C R F F N ) in e x e r c is in g i t s r e g u la to r y p o w e r o v e r f r e ig h t

f o r w a r d in g p r a c t i t io n e r s .

H e s a id : “ I n th e t r a n s p o r t s e c to r w e h a v e h a d r e f o r m s a n d th e s e

r e f o r m s a r e p r o f i le d . W e h a v e c o n c e s s io n e d th e p o r ts , in v o lv e d th e

p r iv a te s e c to r in d r iv in g d e l iv e r y o f s e r v ic e a n d w e h a v e s e e n th e

a c h ie v e m e n ts th e r e b u t th e w e a k e s t l in k in th e r e f o r m is th e f r e ig h t

f o r w a r d in g p r a c t ic e . T h e C R F F N is s u p p o s e d to b e th e r e g u la to r

o f th a t p r a c t ic e , h o w e v e r, th a t h a s n o t b e e n d o n e . ”

“ Yo u c a l l a p e r s o n w h o p u r s u e s c o n ta in e r s a f r e ig h t f o r w a r d e r ?

T w e n ty o r th i r ty o f th e m to a c o n ta in e r ? T h e i r p h y s ic a l p r e s e n c e in

th e p o r ts i s a n u is a n c e . A n d th is i s o n e o f th e r e a s o n s w h y th e

p o r ts a r e c lo g g e d b e c a u s e o f th e s w a m p o f s o c a l le d 'f r e ig h t

f o r w a r d e r s '. W e c a n n o t c o n t in u e l ik e th is b e c a u s e i t i s b iz a r r e ” , h e

f u r th e r s ta te d .

B e l lo s a id th a t th e p o r ts a r e p la g u e d b y q u a c k f r e ig h t f o r w a r d e r s

b e c a u s e C R F F N d o e s n o t r e c o g n iz e i t s r e g u la to r y r o le to th e

e x te n t th a t i t h a s a l lo w e d i t s e l f to b e r e g u la te d b y i t s m e m b e r s .

“ I t h a s b e e n r e a l iz e d th a t th e C o u n c i l i s b e s e t te d w i th th e p r o b le m

o f n o n - r e c o g n i t io n o f i t s r e g u la to r y r o le s w h e r e th e a s s o c ia t io n s

a r e b ig g e r th a n th e C o u n c i l a n d th is c a n n o t c o n t in u e to h a p p e n .

T h e C o u n c i l m u s t r e ta in i t s s t r e n g th a n d b e a b le to i s s u e

r e g u la t io n s a n d i f a n a s s o c ia t io n c a n n o t a b id e b y th a t th e n th e r e i s

n o n e e d f o r th e C o u n c i l . T h e C o u n c i l s h o u ld b e b ig g e r th a n th e

a s s o c ia t io n . T h e C o u n c i l m u s t e n f o r c e i t s r u le s ” th e S h ip p e r s '

C o u n c i l b o s s s ta te d .

H e f u r th e r s a id th a t to w ie ld i t s p o w e r e f f ic ie n t ly th e C o u n c i l m u s t

e n f o r c e i t s r u le s f i r m ly e v e n a s h e a s s e r te d th a t “ i f y o u p r a c t ic e

f r e ig h t f o r w a r d in g a n d y o u a r e n o t r e c o g n is e d b y th e C o u n c i l y o u

g o to ja i l . ”

T h e P ro b le m

T h e C o u n c il fo r t h e R e g u la t io n o f F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g in

N ig e r ia (C R F F N ) c a m e in to b e in g o n A p r il 3 0 , 2 0 0 7 v ia

A c t 1 6 , 2 0 0 7 . T h e C o u n c il is c h a r g e d w it h , a m o n g st o t h e r

r e sp o n sib ilit ie s , r e g u la t in g a n d c o n t r o llin g t h e p r a c t ic e o f F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g in N ig e r ia , a n d p r o m o t in g t h e

h ig h e st st a n d a r d s o f c o m p e te n c e , p r a c t ic e a n d c o n d u c t

a m o n g m e m b e r s o f t h e p r o fe ssio n .

T h e C R F F N r e c o r d e d a m ile sto n e in t h e h isto r y o f fr e ig h t fo r w a r d in g in d u st r y in t h e c o u n t r y a s t h e w o r ld b o d y o f

fr e i g h t fo r w a r d e r s , t h e In t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n o f F r e ig h t F o r w a r d e r s A sso c ia t io n s (F IATA ), a c c r e d ite d t h e

C o u n c il fo r t h e R e g u la t io n o f F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g in

N ig e r ia (C R F F N ), to r u n t h e D ip lo m a a n d H ig h e r D ip lo m a in F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g a n d S u p p ly C h a in M a n a g e m e n t .

T h e C R F F N w a s a c c r e d ite d to r u n t h e P r o fe ssio n a l

D i p l o m a i n F r e i g h t F o r w a r d i n g a n d S u p p ly C h a i n

M a n a g e m e n t in a F IATA W o r ld C o n g r e ss in L o s A n g e le s ,

U S A in O c to b e r 2 0 1 2 w h ile t h e a c c r e d it a t io n fo r t h e

H ig h e r D ip lo m a in F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g a n d S u p p ly C h a in

M a n a g e m e n t w a s g ive n d u r in g t h e F IATA W o r ld C o n g r e ss

i n S i n g a p o r e i n 2 0 1 3 .

T h e c e r t if ic a te w a s h a n d e d o ve r to t h e c o u n c il a t a se ssio n

o f t h e F IATA A d v iso r y B o a r d o n Vo c a t io n a l T r a in in g in

S in g a p o r e .

N ig e r ia h a s t h e r e fo r e b e c o m e o n e o f t h e t h r e e A fr ic a n

c o u n t r ie s to r e c o r d t h is m ile sto n e . O t h e r c o u n t r ie s t h a t

sc a le d t h r o u g h t h e d e fe n se w e r e E g y p t a n d S o u t h A fr ic a .

A st a te m e n t s ig n e d b y t h e H e a d , C o r p o r a te A ffa ir s , M r s .

C h in ye r e U r o m n t a , sa id t h e N ig e r ia n B o a r d fo r Te c h n ic a l

E d u c a t io n (N B T E ) h a s a lso g ive n a p p r o va l to C R F F N to

c o n d u c t F IATA D ip lo m a p r o g r a m m e s in N ig e r ia .

A c c o r d in g to t h e st a te m e n t , t h e se a c h ie ve m e n t s h a ve

m a r k e d a n e w d a w n in t h e fr e ig h t fo r w a r d in g se c to r in

t h e c o u n t r y a s o n e o f t h e c o r e m a n d a te s o f C R F F N , o f

e n su r in g t h a t p r o fe ssio n a lism t h r o u g h e d u c a t io n a n d

t r a in in g o f t h e p e o p le o f t h e in d u st r y is b e in g a c t u a lise d .

T h e C R F F N is p a r t n e r in g w it h so m e h ig h e r in st it u t io n s

in t h e s ix g e o – p o lit ic a l z o n e s a c r o ss t h e c o u n t r y fo r t h e

t r a in in g o f it s m e m b e r s .

S p e a k in g a t a T r a in in g o f T r a in e r s in L a g o s la st w e e k ,

t h e D ir e c to r o f E d u c a t io n a n d R e se a r c h o f C R F F N ,M r.

A lb a n Ig w e sa id t h a t in se c t io n 1 3 (4 ) o f t h e A c t w h ic h

e st a b lish e d t h e C R F F N , e d u c a t io n w a s m a d e a

m a n d a to r y fu n c t io n o f t h e C o u n c il.

T h e S o lu tio n

S u p p le m e n t o n th e F re ig h t F o rw a rd in g In d u s try

T h e F r e i g h t F o r w a r d i n g i n N i g e r i a i s g o i n g t h r o u g h r a d i c a l t r a n sf o r m a t i o n w i t h t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f t h e D i p l o m a a n d H i g h e r D i p l o m a i n F r e i g h t

F o r w a r d i n g a n d su p p l y C h a i n M a n a g e m e n t w h i c h a r e sc h e d u l e d t o s t a r t i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 a t v a r i o u s i n s t i t u t i o n s sp a n n i n g t h e s i x g e o - p o l i t i c a l z o n e s

o f t h e c o u n t r y.

A s a p r e l u d e t o t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f t h e p r o g r a m m e , t h e C R F F N c o n d u c t e d a T r a i n t h e T r a i n e r p r o g r a m m e f o r t h e t r a i n e r s o f t h e a c c r e d i t e d

i n s t i t u t i o n s .

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M u l t i m i x A c a d e m y i s a n

in te g ra te d c a p a c ity b u ild in g

firm th a t p ro v id e s e xc e p tio n a l

h i g h q u a l i t y I n t e r n a t i o n a l

B u s i n e s s a n d L o g i s t i c s

e d u c a tio n a n d in te r v e n tio n .

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m e e t m a rk e t re q u ire m e n ts a n d

s a tis fy e v e r-c h a n g in g n e e d s o f

th e in d u s try. In a d d itio n to th is ,

w e a ls o p ro v id e L o g is tic s a n d

S u p p ly C h a i n M a n a g e m e n t

c o n s u l t a n c y s e r v i c e s ,

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e d u c a t i o n i n L o g i s t i c s a n d

I n t e r n a t i o n a l B u s i n e s s

M a n a g e m e n t , Im p o r t/ E x p o r t

C o n s u lta n c y, B u s in e s s P ro c e s s

R e - E n g i n e e r i n g , B u s i n e s s

S u p p o r t S e r v i c e s a n d

C u s to m iz e d tra in in g s e rv ic e s .

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n a m e in G lo b a l T ra d e , L o g is tic s

a n d S u p p ly C h a in M a n a g e m e n t

s o lu tio n s a n d in te rv e n tio n s .

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le a rn in g tra n s fe r s e rv ic e s in

g l o b a l t r a d e , l o g i s t i c s a n d

s u p p ly c h a in m a n a g e m e n t to

th e e v e r c h a n g in g n e e d s o f th e

i n d u s t r y w i t h t h e v a s t

e x p e rie n c e o f o u r fa c u lty w h ile

in c re a s in g s h a re h o ld e r v a lu e .

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e x p e r i e n c e o f o u r c h i e f

e xe c u tiv e s is a g o ld m in e to ta p

f r o m . W e h a v e a v i b r a n t

in te lle c tu a l c a p ita l b a s e m a d e

u p o f fa c u lty m e m b e rs w h o a re

h ig h ly q u a lifie d a n d c o m m itte d

t o t h e s u c c e s s o f o u r

p ro g ra m m e s .

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O U R V IS IO N

O U R M IS S IO N

O U R P E D IG R E E

th e m s e lv e s ; o v e r 9 0 % o f o u r

s tu d e n ts ra te o u r p ro g ra m m e s

'e xc e lle n t'

O u r In te rn a tio n a l A ffilia tio n s

k e e p u s a b re a s t w ith la te s t

d e v e lo p m e n ts g lo b a lly.

M o s t o f a l l , t h e b u s i n e s s

c o m m u n i t y p r e f e r o u r

p ro g ra m m e s b e c a u s e th e y s ay

t h a t t h e p r o g r a m m e s a r e

c o n v e n ie n tly tim e d , n o t to o

g e n e ra l o r a b s tra c t , n o t to o

lo n g o r to o re m o te fro m th e

p ra c tic a litie s o f b u s in e s s life .

O u r p r o g r a m m e s o f f e r t h e

s t u d e n t s / p a r t i c i p a n t s

o p p o rtu n ity to e ith e r c re a te a

n e w c a r e e r o r c l i m b t h e

c o rp o ra te la d d e r fa s te r.

O u r L o g is tic s & S u p p ly C h a in

C o n s u ltin g a im s a t o p tim iz in g

l o g i s t i c s p e r f o r m a n c e a n d

i m p r o v e s s u p p l y c h a i n

v is ib ility to w a rd s d e v e lo p in g

m o re e ffe c tiv e a n d p ro fita b le

o p e ra tio n s .

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f o r t o m o r r o w ' s c h a l l e n g e s ,

M u ltim ix o ffe rs a w id e ra n g e o f

e d u c a tio n a l o p p o rtu n itie s fo r

w o r k i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l s . W e

c o n t i n u a l l y d e v e l o p n e w

p r o g r a m m e s d e s i g n e d f o r

p r o f e s s i o n a ls w h o w i s h t o

e x p a n d a n d u p g r a d e t h e i r

k n o w le d g e a n d s k ills .

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W h a t W e D o

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Im p o rt / E x p o rt C o n s u l t i n g &

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s u b s ta n tia l a c tiv ity o f s ta rtin g a

n e w e x p o r t v e n t u r e o r

e x p a n d i n g y o u r e x i s t i n g

b u s in e s s in to n e w m a rk e ts , y o u

c a n av o id c o s tly m is ta k e s b y

u t i l i z i n g t h e s k i l l s a n d

k n o w le d g e o f p ro fe s s io n a ls .

T h ro u g h o u r fo c u s e d c o n s u ltin g

s e s s i o n s , y o u w i l l r e c e i v e

v a lu a b le g u id a n c e , in fo rm a tio n ,

a n d c o n ta c ts y o u n e e d to m a k e

s o u n d d e c is io n s , m in im iz e y o u r

ris k s , a n d e x p e rie n c e s u c c e s s .

W e w ill b e th e re to c o a c h y o u a ll

th e w ay to s u c c e s s .

To d ay o rg a n iz a tio n s a re u n d e r

p re s s u re to im p ro v e q u a lity,

s e rv ic e le v els a n d fle x ib ility, y e t

s p e n d le s s m o n e y d o in g s o . W e

c a n h e lp y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n

o p e r a t e w i t h m a x i m u m

e ffe c tiv e n e s s a n d e ffic ie n c y. To

a c h ie v e th is o b je c tiv e w e a ls o

t e l l o r g a n i z a t i o n s h o w t o

s i g n i f i c a n t l y i m p r o v e t h e

q u a l i t y o f t h e w o r k t h e y

p ro d u c e , f ro m th e p o in ts o f

v ie w o f c u s to m e rs , e m p lo y e e s

a n d s h a re h o ld e rs . W e d o th e s e

t h r o u g h P r o b le m d e f i n i t i o n ,

R o o t C a u s e A n a l y s i s a n d

Q u a n t i f i c a t i o n , S o l u t i o n

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P rio ritiz a tio n .

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fin d th a t th e y h av e to o m u c h to

d o a n d n o o n e to w h o m th e y c a n

d e l e g a t e . E v e n i f t h e y d o

d e l e g a t e , t h e y a r e o f t e n

u n c e rta in th a t d e a d lin e s w ill b e

m e t a n d th a t s u ffic ie n t a tte n tio n

to d e ta il w ill b e p a id to v ita lly

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w a s o p e n e d in th e h is to ry o f

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w ith th e e s ta b lis h m e n t o f th e

p r e m i e r u n i v e r s i t y o f

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S ta te .

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t h e o l d e s t u n i v e r s i t y o f

t e c h n o l o g y i n N i g e r i a w a s

e s ta b lis h e d b y E xe c u tiv e fia t

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p r e m i s e s o f t h e O l d

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g r o w n t o 2 1 , 0 3 9 s t u d e n t s

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tra in in g fo r a n y o n e w h o w is h e s to e n te r th e v ib ra n t w o rld o f S h ip p in g . G lo b a l M a ritim e

A c a d e m y w a s e s ta b lis h e d fro m th e n e e d fo r q u a lity e d u c a tio n a n d a ffo rd a b le s tu d e n t tu itio n in

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W h e th e r y o u a re a S h ip p in g P ra c titio n e r, S h ip p in g P e rs o n n e l, M a ritim e A d m in is tra to r o r O p e ra to r,

a n d y o u n e e d to re fre s h y o u r k n o w le d g e in B u s in e s s , P o rt O p e ra tio n s o r Fre ig h t Fo rw a rd in g ,

M a ritim e L a w , M a ritim e S e c u rity / S a fe ty o r y o u m ay w a n t to b ran c h o ff in to a n o th e r a re a o f

s h ip p in g a lto g e th e r, G lo b a l M a ritim e A c a d e m y is th e re to m e e t d o e s n e e d s .

G lo b a l M a ritim e A c a d e m y o ffe rs v a rio u s p ro g ra m m e s , c o u rs e s a n d w o rk s h o p s s p e c ific a lly a im e d

a t p ro d u c in g h ig h q u a lity S h ip p in g P e rs o n n e l a n d M a ritim e A d m in is tra to rs a n d O p e ra to rs th a t a re

c a p a b le o f m e e tin g th e c h a n g e s , d e m a n d s a n d c h a lle n g e s in th e G lo b a l M a ritim e In d u s try.

G lo b a l M a ritim e A c a d e m y o ffe r v a rio u s S h ip p in g / M a n a g e m e n t C o u rs e s to In d iv id u a ls , C o o p e ra te

O r g a n i z a t i o n s , S h i p p i n g C o m p a n ie s , M a r i t i m e A d m i n i s t r a t o r s , B a n k e r s , G r a d u a t e s ,

U n d e rg ra d u a te s , G o v e rn m e n t A g e n c ie s , M a n u fa c tu re rs a n d B u s in e s s m e n ta ilo re d to m e e t th e ir

n e e d s .

In s t i t u te o f S h i p p i n g a n d M a n a g m e n t Te ch n o l o g y

D u e to s p a c e c o n t r a in ts , o th e r in s t tu t io n s , s u c h a s C e r t i f ie d In s t i tu te o f

S h ip p in g , E m d e e M a r i t im e n d S h ip p in g C o l le g e w i l l b e p r o f i le d in

s u b s e q u e n t e d i t io n s o f th e m a g a z in e

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F eb ru ary Ed itio n 2 0 1 4 P a g e 7

M u lt im ix A c a d e m y a s a

p r o f e s s io n a l I n s t i t u t e , d r iv e s

s k i l l s a n d p r o f e s s io n a l is m ,

w h a t a r e t h e a c h ie v e m e n t s s o

f a r ?

F r o m a v e r y h u m b le b e g in n in g ,

w i th v e r y f e w s tu d e n ts , f a c tu a l ly

w i th o n e o r tw o c e r t i f ic a t io n s ,

w e h a v e g r o w n . R ig h t n o w , w e

c a n b o a s t o f o v e r tw o th o u s a n d ,

f iv e h u n d r e d s tu d e n ts w h o h a d

g o n e th r o u g h o u r p r o g r a m m e ,

b o th c e r t i f ic a t io n , s e m in a r s a n d

w o r k s h o p s in th e m a r k e t . A n d

w e h a v e t r ie d to c o n tr ib u te o u r

q u o ta .

W e h a v e a ls o h a d s o m e s k i l l

a c q u is i t io n p r o g r a m m e s l ik e th e

r e c e n t o n e w e h a d o n c a r e e r f a i r

w h ic h w e t r ie d to p o in t y o u n g

c o n f u s e d g r a d u a te s in th e r ig h t

d i r e c t io n . I t w a s v e r y

in te r e s t in g , th e h a l l w a s p a c k e d

f u l l . A t th e e n d o f th e e x e r c is e , a

lo t o f th e m w e r e a b le to d e c id e

o n c o u r s e s to p u r s u e . S o , th e

t r u th i s th a t , w e a r e o p e r a t in g in

th e f a s te s t g r o w in g c a r e e r in th e

w o r ld to d a y .

I th in k in te r m s o f n u m b e r a n d

q u a l i ty , w e h a v e d o n e v e r y w e l l

b e c a u s e o u r p r o d u c ts in th e

m a r k e t a r e th e o n e s w h o s e l l f o r

u s . I n f a c t th e m a jo r i ty o f th e

p e o p le th a t c o m e to o u r

p r o g r a m m e s a r e f r o m r e f e r r a l .

L ik e I s a id r e c e n t ly , s in c e 1 0

y e a r s a g o w h e n w e s ta r te d , w e

a r e s t i l l a t th e f o r e f r o nt o f th e

lo g is t ic s a n d s u p p ly c h a in

t r a in in g in d u s t r y in N ig e r ia , a

f a c t th a t a t te s ts th a t th e r e i s

s o m e th in g w e a r e d o in g r ig h t .

I n te r m s o f a c h ie v e m e n t , i f y o u

lo o k in te r m s o f th e c a l ib e r o f

c o r p o r a te o r g a n iz a t io n s th a t w e

c o n s u l t f o r, y o u w i l l f in d th a t

th e y a r e to p o f th e b i l l ; th a t a ls o

s h o w s th a t w e a r e n o t d o in g

b a d ly . A ls o th e p u b l ic s e c to r a n d

m o s t im p o r ta n t ly , th e

in te r n a t io n a l in s t i tu t io n s th a t w e

r e p r e s e n t in N ig e r ia , a l l le n d

c r e d e n c e to o u r c a p a b i l i ty . S o ,

w e h a v e g r o w n to th e le v e l th a t

e v e r y S a tu r d a y y o u c o m e to th e

a c a d e m y y o u m e e t s ix , s e v e n

c o u r s e s r u n n in g s im u l ta n e o u s ly .

W e f o u n d o u t in th e c o u r s e o f

o u r t r a in in g p r o g r a m m e s th a t th e

i s s u e o f c o n s u l t in g k e p t

c r o p p in g u p . A n d a t t im e s , y o u

k n o w y o u c a n a ls o d o c o n s u l t in g

in th e c la s s r o o m . F o r in s ta n c e

w h e n y o u g o to a n o r g a n is a t io n

to d o a s u p p ly c h a in

o p t im is a t io n p r o g r a m m e , i t i s

a lm o s t e q u iv a le n t to a c tu a l ly

g o in g th r o u g h th e a c t iv i t ie s o f

th e o r g a n iz a t io n to o p t im iz e i t ,

lo o k a t th e r e s u l ts , e n s u r e

p r o c e s s im p r o v e m e n t a n d a l l

th a t .

H a v in g d o n e th a t f o r q u i te s o m e

t im e , a n d a ls o d o n e f e w

c o n s u l t in g , w e d e c id e d to e v o lv e

Yo u h a v e in t r o d u c e d a n e w

in n o v a t io n , c o n s u lt in g , h o w

d o e s i t r u n ?

to b e c o m e a f u l l f le d g e d

c o n s u l t in g f i r m . T h e t r u th i s th a t

in e v e r y c o n s u l t in g , th e r e i s a

t r a in in g c o m p o n e n t , b e c a u s e

w h e n y o u p u t n e w p r o c e s s e s in

p la c e , y o u h a v e to t r a in p e o p le

to g e t u s e d to i t a n d m e n to r

th e m a n d y o u h a v e to

in s t i tu t io n a l iz e a

g o v e r n a n c e /s u s ta in a b i l i ty

s y s te m th a t w o u ld e n s u r e th a t

th e p r o c e s s y o u p u t in p la c e

d o e s n 't c o l la p s e tw o w e e k s a f te r

y o u h a v e le f t .

S o w e h a v e a c h a l le n g e th a t

p e o p le s e e u s a s i f w e a r e

s t r ic t ly a t r a in in g in s t i tu t io n , b u t

w e a r e m a k in g e f f o r t to sa y th a t

i s n o t w h a t w e a r e . I f w e h a v e

th e c a p a c i ty to d o th e k in d o f

t r a in in g w e a r e d o in g , th e n o f

c o u r s e w e h a v e th e c a p a c i ty to

c o n s u l t b e c a u s e w e c a n b o a s t

th a t n o o n e in th is c o u n tr y h a s

th e k in d o f r e s o u r c e th a t w e

h a v e in o u r c h o s e n a r e a .

A s I s p e a k to y o u , I p r o b a b ly

d o n 't w a n t to m e n t io n th e n a m e

o f th e c o m p a n y . T h e r e i s a m u l t i -

b i l l io n n a i r a m a n u f a c tu r in g

c o m p a n y in O n i ts h a th a t i s d o in g

f u l l b a c k w a r d in te g r a t io n ; th e

k in d o f th in g th e y a r e

m a n u f a c tu r in g i s n o t c o m m o n

a n d th e i r k in d o f p la n t y o u c a n

h a r d ly s e e in N ig e r ia o r W e s t

A f r ic a . W e a r e c u r r e n t ly s e t t in g

u p s u p p ly c h a in p r o c e s s f o r th e m

a n d a ls o h e lp in g th e m to r e v ie w

th e i r H u m a n R e s o u r c e p r o c e s s e s

a n d th e n s e t t in g u p a n e x p o r t

d e p a r tm e n t f o r th e m b e c a u s e

th e i r p r o d u c t h a s e x p o r t

p o te n t ia ls o u ts id e th e s h o r e s o f

N ig e r ia .

A p a r t f r o m th a t , th e r e i s a n o i l

c o m p a n y w e 'v e a l r e a d y d o n e th e

w o r k - th r o u g h , w e 'v e s u b m it te d a

r e p o r t , a n d th e y s a id 'O k , y o u

u n d e r s ta n d th e p r o b le m . S e n d a

p r o je c t p la n ” w h ic h w e d id a n d i t

w a s a p p r o v e d . W e a r e a t th e

c o n tr a c t in g s ta g e r ig h t n o w .

T h e r e a r e tw o o th e r o i l

c o m p a n ie s a ls o - o n e w e a r e

g o in g to b e a u d i t in g a n d

im p r o v in g th e i r im p o r t p r o c e s s e s

w h ic h i s a c o m p o n e n t o f s u p p ly

c h a in .

T h e o th e r o n e i s th e i r

p r o c u r e m e n t p r o c e s s . S o y o u c a n

s e e th a t o u r c o n s u l t in g e x p e r t i s e

c u ts a c r o s s a w id e r a n g e o f

d iv id e . W e h a v e c o n s u l ta n ts , w e

h a v e f a c u l ty , a n d w e h a v e

r e s o u r c e s , th e r e f o r e , g e t t in g

r e s u l ts th a t c l ie n ts a r e lo o k in g

f o r i s n o t a n i s s u e a t a l l . T h a t i s

w h y o u r e m p h a s is i s s h i f t in g

f r o m t r a in in g to c o n s u l t in g

b e c a u s e e v e r y o r g a n iz a t io n , n o

m a t te r h o w s e r io u s th e y a r e ,

w o u ld r e q u ir e s o m e k in d o f

im p r o v e m e n t o r th e o th e r in th e i r

p r o c e s s e s .

A f r ic a n C e n tr e f o r s u p p ly c h a in

i s a n a s s o c ia te d o r g a n is a t io n to

M u l t im ix . I t i s a c o n t in e n ta l

p la t f o r m f o r s u p p ly c h a in

p r o f e s s io n a ls to h e lp to b u i ld

c a p a c i ty . I t i s v e r y c r u c ia l f o r

A f r ic a e s p e c ia l ly s u b - S a h a r a n

A f r ic a . B e c a u s e i f y o u c h e c k ,

A f r ic a i s a b o u t 2 0 - 2 1 % o f th e

w o r ld p o p u la t io n b u t i t s p o r t io n

o f th e e n t i r e g lo b a l t r a d e i s le s s

th a n 3 % a n d y e t th is i s w h e r e

a lm o s t a l l th e n a tu r a l r e s o u r c e s

a r e .

A f r ic a n C e n t r e f o r s u p p ly

c h a in , w h a t i s i t a l l a b o u t , a n d

h o w d o e s i t c o n t r ib u t e t o t h e

g r o w t h o f A f r ic a n e c o n o m ie s

e s p e c ia l ly N ig e r ia ?

Multimix shift focus to Consulting

O b io ra M ad u , P ro g ram m e D irec to r /C E O o f M u lt im ix A cad em y, an in s t i tu te th a t g ro o m s

sk il ls an d in s t i l l co n f id en ce in p ro fess io n a ls in v a r io u s p rac t ice in g lo b a l t rad e , lo g is t ic s

an d su p p ly ch a in m an ag em en t in th is in te rv iew w ith M o ses N o sik e o f S a tu rd ay Van g u ard

sp eak s o n th e n ew fo cu s o f th e acad em y

Interview

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6c o n t’d o n p ag e

I w e lc o m e y o u to th e M o d ib b o

A d a m a U n i v e r s i t y o f

Te c h n o lo g y, Yo la ( M A U T E C H )

fo r m e r ly k n o w n a s

. I c o n g ra tu la te y o u fo r

s e le c tin g M A U T E C H . In d o in g

s o , y o u h av e b e c o m e p a rt o f a

tra d itio n o f e xc e lle n c e th a t is

p l a c i n g M A U T E C H i n t h e

s p o t li g h t lo c a lly, r e g i o n a lly,

n a tio n a lly, a n d in te rn a tio n a lly.

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i n 1 9 8 1 , M A U T E C H h a s

c o n tin u e d to g ro w a s a c e n tre

fo r te a c h in g a n d re s e a rc h in

P u r e a n d A p p lie d S c ie n c e s ,

A g r i c u l t u r e , E n g i n e e r i n g ,

M a n a g e m e n t a n d In fo rm a tio n

T e c h n o l o g y a n d r e l a t e d

d is c ip lin e s .

M o d ib b o A d a m a U n iv e rs ity o f

Te c h n o lo g y, Yo la p rid e s its e lf in

Fe d e ra l

U n i v e r s i t y o f T e c h n o l o g y ,

Yo l a

p r o v id in g a c a lm u n iv e r s ity

e n v iro n m e n t th a t is r ic h in

e x p e rie n c e a n d h a s c o n tin u e d

to a ttra c t a la rg e n u m b e r o f

a p p lic a n ts w ith in N ig e ria a n d

n e ig h b o u r in g c o u n tr ie s w h o

a n n u a lly s e e k a d m is s io n in to its

a c a d e m ic p ro g ra m m e s . Yo u a re

t h e r e f o r e , p r iv i l e g e d t o b e

s e le c te d to s tu d y in th is y o u n g

b u t p o te n tia lly g re a t u n iv e rs ity.

M is s io n S t a t e m e n t

V is io n S t a t e m e n t

T o P r o m o te T e c h n o lo g ic a l

I n n o v a t io n s f o r S u s ta in a b le

D e v e lo p m e n t T h r o u g h

E x c e l le n c e in T e a c h in g , L e a r n in g

a n d R e s e a r c h .

T o B e a W o r ld - C la s s U n iv e r s i ty

in S c ie n c e a n d T e c h n o lo g y .

Fr o m a m o d e s t b e g in n in g

w i th f o u r f a c u l t ie s , th e

B e n u e S ta te U n iv e r s i ty

( B S U ) c u r r e n t ly h a s e ig h t

f a c u l t ie s in c lu d in g a C o l le g e o f

H e a l th S c ie n c e s . T h e f o u r

a d d i t io n a l f a c u l t ie s in c lu d e L a w ,

M a n a g e m e n t S c ie n c e s , B a s ic

a n d A l l ie d M e d ic a l S c ie n c e s

( B A M S ) .

S in c e i t s in c e p t io n , B S U h a s

e s ta b l is h e d i t s e l f in th e a n n a ls o f

N ig e r ia 's e d u c a t io n a l h is to r y a s a

h ig h ly r e s p e c te d c e n t r e o f

a c a d e m ic e x c e l le n c e h a v in g w o n

m a jo r a c a d e m ic la u r e ls in

d i f f e r e n t f ie ld s o v e r th e y e a r s .

T h e q u a l i ty o f e x p a n s io n , b o th in

te r m s o f s tu d e n ts a n d s ta f f

p o p u la t io n a s w e l l a s

in f r a s t r u c tu r e e a r n e d th e

U n iv e r s i ty m a jo r r e c o g n i t io n s

Th e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t

o f N ig e r ia g r a n te d a n

o p e r a t in g l ic e n c e to th e

R e d e e m e r 's U n iv e r s i ty o n

F r id a y 7 th J a n u a r y , 2 0 0 5 .

T h e U n iv e r s i ty to o k o f f a t th e

te m p o r a r y s i te in th e

R e d e m p t io n C a m p o n 11 th

O c to b e r 2 0 0 5 w i th 4 7 8 s tu d e n ts

a d m it te d in to th r e e C o l le g e s .

F o u r H u n d r e d a n d S e v e n ty

T h r e e ( 4 7 3 ) s tu d e n ts

m a tr ic u la te d in to th e C o l le g e s

to p u r s u e B a c h e lo r D e g r e e s in

v a r io u s p r o g r a m m e s o n 1 s t

F e b r u a r y , 2 0 0 6 .

T h e U n iv e r s i ty h a s p r o d u c e d

f iv e ( 5 ) s e ts o f g r a d u a te s .

T h e u l t im a te g o a l o f a u n iv e r s i ty

i s th e a c q u is i t io n , c o n s e r v a t io n ,

d is s e m in a t io n a n d a p p l ic a t io n o f

k n o w le d g e . W h a t d is t in g u is h e s

V is io n a n d S t r a t e g y

a n d a c k n o w le d g e m e n t ;

I n A u g u s t 2 0 1 0 , a 2 0 0 - le v e l

L a w u n d e r g r a d u a te o f th e

U n iv e r s i ty M r. V ic to r O c h o g w u ,

p a r t ic ip a te d in W o r ld A n n u a l

I n te r n a t io n a l H u m a n R ig h ts

S u m m it d e b a te o r g a n iz e d in

G e n e v a , S w i tz e r la n d b y th e

U n i te d N a t io n s a n d w a s

a d ju d g e d th e U n i te d N a t io n s

b e s t s p o k e s m a n .

A P h . D th e s is in H is to r y b y

P a t r ic k U k a s e w a s a d ju d g e d b y

th e N U C a s th e b e s t in th e

F a c u l t ie s o f A r ts o f a l l N ig e r ia n

U n iv e r s i t ie s b y th e N U C in th e

y e a r 2 0 0 9 .

I n M a r c h 2 0 11 , s tu d e n ts o f th e

U n iv e r s i ty p a r t ic ip a te d in a n

in te l le c tu a l q u iz c o m p e t i t io n ,

R o c k a n d R u le o r g a n iz e d b y G lo

N ig e r ia . T h e N o r th C e n tr a l

z o n a l s ta g e o f th e c o m p e t i t io n

a u n iv e r s i ty f r o m a n o th e r i s th e

w a y th e g o a l i s p u r s u e d . T h e

R e d e e m e r 's U n iv e r s i ty w i l l a im

n o t o n ly a t a c a d e m ic e x c e l le n c e

b u t h i g h m o r a l s t a n d a r d s .

S tu d e n ts w i l l b e e n c o u r a g e d to

h a v e th e f e a r o f th e L o r d a n d to

s h u n d r u g s , c u l t i s m a n d v io le n c e .

A t th e e n d o f th e i r c o u r s e s in th e

u n iv e r s i ty , th e s tu d e n ts w i l l n o t

o n ly b e te c h n o lo g ic a l ly p r e p a r e d

f o r th e f u tu r e b u t w i l l b e G o d -

f e a r in g a n d h u m a n e c i t iz e n s .

W e h a v e a v is io n f o r a b e t te r

n a t io n ; a N ig e r ia o f f r a n k a n d

c a n d id a c a d e m ic ia n s , d e p e n d a b le

a n d h o n e s t a r t i s a n s , G o d f e a r in g

a n d f a i th f u l p a s to r s , d e c e n t a n d

la w - a b id in g c i t iz e n s , t r u s tw o r th y

a n d u p r ig h t y o u th s , c a r in g a n d

c o m p a s s i o n a t e d o c t o r s ,

h o n o u r a b l e a n d t r u t h f u l

p o l i t ic ia n s , o p e n a n d s in c e r e

b u s in e s s c o m m u n i ty , c o u r a g e o u s

a n d r e l ia b le p u b l ic s e r v a n ts .

W e h a v e a v is io n f o r a c o u n tr y

w h e r e j u d g e s a r e j u s t a n d

im p a r t ia l , s o ld ie r s , p o l ic e m e n

a n d w o m e n a r e c o m p a s s io n a te

a n d c o n s id e r a te , t r a d i t io n a l r u le r s

e m b o d y d is t in c t io n , d ig n i ty a n d

d e c o r u m , b a n k e r s a r e h o n e s t a n d

h o n o u r a b le .

W e h a v e a v is io n f o r a f u tu r e

g e n e r a t i o n o f c r e a t i v e ,

i n n o v a t i v e , i n v e n t i v e

e n t r e p r e n e u r s . w e w a n ts to m o ld

a g e n e r a t io n o f k in d , th o u g h tf u l

a n d g e n t le a d o le s c e n ts , w h o a r e

m o t iv a te d to b u i ld a n d s u s ta in a

b e t t e r N i g e r i a w h e r e p e a c e ,

ju s t ic e f a i r n e s s a n d G o d l in e s s

r e ig n . w e a r e lo o k in g f o r w a r d

w i t h o p t i m i s m a n d i n t e n s e

a n t ic ip a t io n f o r a N ig e r ia w e c a n

a l l d e f e n d , p r o te c t a n d th e p r o u d

o f .

W e h a v e a d e s i r e a n d a n

a s p i r a t io n f o r a n a t io n w h o s e t r u s t

i s in th e L o r d G o d A lm ig h ty . T h is

i s o u r v is io n a t th e R e d e e m e r 's

U n iv e r s i ty ( R U N ) , w h e r e w e

w a n t to b u i ld th e f u tu r e o f

N ig e r ia , to d a y . B e c a u s e y o u

e m b o d y th is v is io n , w e a r e

h o n o u r e d a n d p r iv i le g e d to h a v e

y o u w i th u s a s o u r c o r e p a r tn e r s ,

a s w e R U N w ith th e v is io n f o r a

b e t te r N ig e r ia .

to o k p la c e a t I B B S q u a r e

M a k u r d i B e n u e S ta te .

P a r t ic ip a n ts f r o m th e U n iv e r s i ty

to o k f i r s t , s e c o n d a n d th i r d

p o s i t io n r e s p e c t iv e ly in b o th

m a le a n d f e m a le c a te g o r ie s .

I n J u ly 2 0 11 , s e le c te d s tu d e n ts

o f th e U n iv e r s i ty c a m e f i r s t in

th e S tu d e n t in F r e e E n te r p r is e

( S I F E ) c o m p e t i t io n .

A g a in V ic to r O c h o g w u , a 3 0 0

le v e l L a w s tu d e n t in J u ly 2 0 11

p a r t ic ip a te d in th e A f r ic a n

p r e l im in a r y s ta g e o f th e

Y O U T H F O R H U M A N

R I G H T S D E B AT E w h ic h h e ld

in G h a n a . H e e m e r g e d s e c o n d

b e s t p a r t ic ip a n t a n d w a s

n o m in a te d a s o n e o f th e f o u r

A f r ic a n d e le g a te s f o r th e 2 0 11

H u m a n R ig h ts S u m m it a t th e

U N la te r in th e y e a r.

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T h e M a r i t im e A c a d e m y o f N ig e r ia ( M A N ) , O r o n ,

f o r m e r ly k n o w n a n d a d d r e s s e d a s th e N a u t ic a l

C o l le g e o f N ig e r ia , w a s e s ta b l is h e d in 1 9 7 7 b y th e

F e d e r a l E x e c u t iv e C o n c lu s io n N o . E C . ( 7 7 ) 1 7 2 a s

a S p e c ia l i s e d T r a in in g I n s t i tu t io n , to p r o v id e th e

m e r c h a n t N a v y , th e m a r i t im e in d u s t r y a n d a l l ie d

in d u s t r ie s , q u a l i ta t iv e e d u c a t io n a n d t r a in in g th a t

a c c o r d s w i th u p - to - d a te te c h n o lo g y , m e e ts

n a t io n a l a n d in te r n a t io n a l s ta n d a r d s a n d s a t i s f ie s

e n d - u s e r e x p e c ta t io n s - a n d h a s r e m a in e d s o to

d a te .

O u r r a n g e o f c o u r s e s a n d p r o g r a m m e s r e m a in a s

a t t r a c t iv e a s e v e r, w i th M a n a g e m e n t 's r e n e w e d

v ig o u r a im e d a t a lw a y s r a is in g th e s ta n d a r d o f o u r

t r a in in g , in l in e w i th o u r v is io n a n d m is s io n

s ta te m e n ts .

I t w a s d e s ig n e d a s a n in te g r a te d in s t i tu t io n f o r th e

e d u c a t io n a n d t r a in in g o f s h ip b o a r d o f f ic e r s a n d

r a t in g s s h o r e - b a s e d m a n a g e m e n t p e r s o n n e l .

I n 1 9 8 8 , th e s ta tu s o f th e c o l le g e w a s r a is e d b y th e

p r o m u lg a t io n o f D e c r e e N o . 1 6 o f 1 9 8 8 w i th a

s ta tu to r y m a n d a te to t r a in a l l le v e ls a n d c a te g o r ie s

o f p e r s o n n e l r e q u ir e d f o r th e e f f e c t iv e a n d

e f f ic ie n t o p e r a t io n o f a l l f a c e ts o f th e N ig e r ia n

m a r i t im e in d u s t r y .

A s o u r v is io n s ta te m e n t e n c a p s u la te s , w e d r iv e

h a r d , t r u s t in g a n d b e l ie v in g th a t w e w i l l b e

in te r n a t io n a l ly r e c o g n is e d a s a “ C e n tr e o f

e x c e l l e n c e i n M a r i t i m e T r a i n i n g ” .

S im u l ta n e o u s ly , o u r m is s io n S ta te m e n t s t r e s s e s

th e n e e d “ to p r o v id e th e M e r c h a n t N a v y , th e

M a r i t im e I n d u s t r y a n d a l l ie d in d u s t r ie s ,

q u a l i ta t iv e e d u c a t io n a n d t r a in in g th a t a c c o r d s w i th

u p - t o - d a t e t e c h n o l o g y , m e e t s n a t i o n a l a n d

i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s a n d s a t i s f i e s e n d - u s e r

e x p e c ta t io n s ”

C o n s id e r in g th e A c a d e m y 's m a n d a te , th e g r a d u a te s o f

th e S c h o o l o f N a u t ic a l S c ie n c e a n d th e S c h o o l o f

M a r in e E n g in e e r in g a r e b a s ic a l ly t r a in e d to ta k e u p a

c a r e e r a s h o r e , o r a s s e a - g o in g m e r c h a n t n a v y o f f ic e r s .

T h e y a r e g r o o m e d to w o r k o n th e D e c k o r in th e

E n g in e R o o m o f a s h ip .

H o w e v e r , t h e r e a r e o t h e r i m p o r t a n t a n d

c o m p le m e n ta r y p r o g r a m m e s o f f e r e d b y th e S c h o o l o f

M a r i t im e S tu d ie s , th e S p e c ia l iz e d S e a m e n T r a in in g

C e n tr e a n d o th e r d e p a r tm e n ts s u c h a s B o a t /S h ip

B u i ld in g T e c h n o lo g y a n d E le c t r ic a l E le c t r o n ic s

E n g in e e r in g .

T o o u r p r o s p e c t iv e c a d e ts a n d s tu d e n ts , o u r a r r a y o f

c h a l le n g in g y e t in te r e s t in g p r o g r a m m e s o f f e r s g o o d

o p p o r tu n i ty o f c h o ic e , w h i le o u r e x c i t in g ly c o n d u c iv e

le a r n in g e n v ir o n m e n t a l lo w s e x c e l le n t p e r f o r m a n c e a t

a l l t im e s . A s th e in s t i tu t io n t r a n s f o r m s r a p id ly , in i t s

q u e s t to b e c o m e d e g r e e a w a r d in g , th e g r e a te r

r e s p o n s ib i l i ty l ie s in th e c o m m itm e n t o f th e

A c a d e m y 's c a d e ts , s tu d e n ts a n d w o r k f o r c e .

M A N 's d e g re e p ro g ra m m e s a re s u p p o rte d b y

a p p ro p r ia te te c h n o lo g y a n d fa c ilitie s a n d its

c u rric u la , a c ro s s its d e g re e p ro g ra m m e s , a re s k ill-

b a s e d a n d p ro fe s s io n a lly c o n d itio n e d . To th e

e x te n t re le v a n t to a n y g iv e n d is c ip lin e , th e

A c a d e m y f o s te r s a le a r n in g m o d e w h ic h is

c o lla b o ra tiv e , th u s e n h a n c in g th e s tu d e n t's a b ility

to w o rk in te a m s .

T h e N i g e r i a n I n s t i t u t e o f

T r a n s p o r t T e c h n o lo g y ( N I T T )

w a s e s ta b l is h e d in 1 9 8 6 b y

D e c r e e N o 6 o f M a r c h 1 4 ( n o w

C A P 11 6 o f th e F e d e r a l L a w s

o f N ig e r ia ) . T h e I n s t i tu te w a s

e s ta b l is h e d a s a T r a n s p o r t

M a n a g e m e n t D e v e l o p m e n t

a n d R e s e a r c h I n s t i tu te f o r

N ig e r ia a n d th e W e s t A f r ic a n

S u b - r e g io n . I t i s c h a r g e d w i th

th e r e s p o n s ib i l i ty o f p r o v id in g

p r o f e s s i o n a l t r a i n i n g f o r

m id d le c a d r e m a n a g e r s o n th e

a r e a s o f t r a n s p o r t a n d lo g is t ic s

a n d a ls o c o n d u c t s r e s e a r c h a n d

o f f e r c o n s u l ta n c y s e r v ic e s to

b o t h p u b l i c a n d p r i v a t e

t r a n s p o r t a n d l o g i s t i c s

o r g a n iz a t io n s .

P r o v id e M a n a g e m e n t

T r a in in g f o r P e r s o n n e l

e m p lo y e d in a l l m o d e s o f

t r a n s p o r t .

S e r v e a s a T r a n s p o r t

I n te l l ig e n c e C e n tr e f o r

m o n i to r in g t r a n s p o r t a n d

lo g is t ic s s y s te m s

P r o v id e e q u ip m e n t a n d

f a c i l i t ie s f o r th e

e n c o u r a g e m e n t , p r o m o t io n

a n d c o n d u c t o f a p p l ie d

r e s e a r c h in a l l m o d e s o f

t r a n s p o r t

T o b e a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y

r e c o g n i z e d c e n t e r o f

e x c e l le n c e , p r o v id in g w o r ld -

c la s s p r o f e s s io n a l t r a in in g ,

r e s e a r c h , a d v ic e a n d s o lu t io n s

t o a l l i s s u e s r e l a t i n g t o

t r a n s p o r ta t io n in N ig e r ia a n d

A f r ic a

T o s y s t e m a t i c a l l y p r o v i d e

p r o f e s s io n a l t r a in in g in a l l

a s p e c ts o f t r a n s p o r ta t io n a n d

o f f e r r e s e a r c h a n d c o n s u l ta n c y

s e r v ic e s to p r iv a te a n d p u b l ic

t r a n s p o r t a g e n c ie s f o r th e

a c h ie v e m e n t o f m a n a g e m e n t

e x c e l le n c e in a l l m o d e s o f

t r a n s p o r t in N ig e r ia a n d th e

W e s t A f r ic a n s u b - r e g io n .

A c a d e m ic D e p a r tm e n ts :

1 . T r a n s p o r t S c h o o l

T h e I n s t i t u t e i s M a n d a t e d

t o :

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D e p a r t m e n t s

· T h r e e L e v e l C e r t i f ic a t io n

P r o g r a m m e s E x is ts b a s e d o n

C I LT I n te r n a t io n a l

P r o f e s s io n a l L a d d e r : -

P r o f e s s io n a l C e r t i f ic a te

in T r a n s p o r t &

L o g is t ic s

P r o f e s s io n a l D ip lo m a in

T r a n s p o r t & L o g is t ic s

P r o f e s s io n a l A d v a n c e d

D ip lo m a in T r a n s p o r t

& L o g is t ic s

2 . T r a in in g D e p a r tm e n t

( C o n t in u o u s S k i l l s

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( C o n t in u o u s S k i l l s

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:

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e n g in e e r in g o f m a n a g e m e n t

p r a c t ic e

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a n d c o m p e te n c e b u i ld in g

R e c o g n iz e s th e d y n a m ic

n a tu r e o f th e T r a n s p o r t

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:

1 . S ta r te d in 1 9 8 4 w i th

o n e p r o g r a m m e

2 . S c h e d u le d

p r o g r a m m e s e x p a n d e d to 5 0

P h ilo s o p h y

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a n n u a l ly

3 . C u s to m iz e d

p r o g r a m m e s in h ig h d e m a n d

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2 . C u s to m iz e d

:

1 . M a n a g e m e n t

2 . P la n n in g

3 . O p e r a t io n s

4 . L o g is t ic s & S u p p ly

C h a in M a n a g e m e n t

5 . I C T a n d T r a n s p o r t

T e c h n o lo g y

T y p e s o f P r o g r a m m e s :

A r e a s o f C o v e r a g e

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Career P a g e 1 0 F eb ru ary Ed itio n 2 0 1 4

1 3c o n t’d o n p ag e

A t F B S , w e a re k n o w n fo r

tra in in g a n d b re e d in g h ig h

le v e l p ro fe s s io n a ls b e in g

s o u g h t a fte r a ll o v e r th e w o rld

to p ro o f n o n e x is te n c e o f

im p o s s ib ilit ie s in S u p p ly C h a in

M a n a g e m e n t A re n a .

F B S is a n e xc lu s iv e re s e a rc h

o r i e n t e d i n s t i t u t i o n , w h i c h

c o n tin u e s to g ro w fo r its u n iq u e

s tu d e n t c e n tric p e d a g o g y. T h e

s c h o o l is b a s e d in N ig e r ia ,

h av in g its c a m p u s in L e k k i –

A ja h , L a g o s .

T h e P r o g r a m s o f f e r e d a r e

C A R E E R O R I E N T E D i n

L O G IS T IC S A N D S U P P LY C H A IN

M A N A G E M E N T th a t p ro v id e s

h u g e o p p o rtu n itie s , n o t o n ly in

N ig e r ia b u t t h r o u g h o u t t h e

w o rld .

A t F B S , w e s tro n g ly b e lie v e th a t

“ L e a rn in g is a n E x p e rie n c e ” a n d

w e o f f e r a l e a r n i n g

e n v iro n m e n t , w h ic h is tr u ly

i n s p i r i n g a n d s u p p o r t i v e ,

w h e re e v e ry s tu d e n t h a s th e

o p p o rtu n ity to e x p e rie n c e th e

jo y o f le a rn in g . T h e u n m a tc h e d

L e a rn in g E x p e rie n c e s tim u la te s

e v e ry in d iv id u a l to e x p lo re h is

o r h e r in n a te a b ilit ie s .

W e a re d e d ic a te d to p ro v id in g

th e b e s t q u a lity e d u c a tio n th a t

d e liv e rs re a l b e n e fits fo r y o u

a n d y o u r fu tu re , a n d s o a d o p t

t h e b e s t t e a c h i n g

m e t h o d o l o g i e s t o b r i d g e

p ra c tic e s a n d p rin c ip le s , w h ic h

e n a b le s s tu d e n ts to m a s te r th e

b u s in e s s m a n a g e m e n t.

L o g is tic s a n d S u p p ly C h a in

M a n a g e m e n t h av e ra p id ly ris e n

o n th e c o rp o ra te a g e n d a a n d is

n o w re c o g n is e d a s c ru c ia l fo r

c o m p a n ie s c o m p e tin g in g lo b a l

m a rk e ts . F B S c a n h e lp y o u r

o r g a n is a tio n s tr e a m lin e a n d

e n h a n c e y o u r s u p p ly c h a in to

d e liv e r i m p r o v e d e f f i c i e n c y,

p r o d u c t iv i t y a n d s i g n i f i c a n t

c o s t b e n e fits .

Yo u c a n b e n e fit fro m th e g lo b a l

a c a d e m i c e x p e r t i s e o f t h e

s c h o o l, d ra w in g o n in n o v a tiv e

a n d in d u s try -re le v a n t re s e a rc h

a n d a p o rtfo lio o f tra in in g a n d

m a n a g e m e n t d e v e l o p m e n t

p ro g ra m m e s , a d d in g re a l v a lu e

to y o u r o rg a n is a tion .

Fo rtu n e B u s in e s s S c h o o l is a

le a d in g A fric a B u s in e s s S c h o o l

d e d ic a te d to th e d e v e lo p m e n t

o f re s p o n s ib le le a d e rs h ip fo r a

c o m p le x w o rld .

To a c h ie v e th is , w e e n c o u ra g e

a ll th o s e w h o e n g a g e w ith u s to

a d o p t a n a p p r o a c h w e c a ll

' C o n n e c t e d T h i n k i n g ' - a

p e r s p e c tiv e w h ic h b u ild s a n

u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e

c o m p l e x i t i e s i n t h e g l o b a l

b u s in e s s e n v iro n m e n t.

T h ro u g h th is w ay o f th in k in g ,

in d iv id u a ls a n d o rg a n is a tio n s

d e v e l o p t h e c a p a c i t y t o

re c o g n is e th e c o n n e c tio n s th a t

m a k e a d iffe re n c e a n d th in k

c re a tiv e ly to le a d c h a n g e in a

re s p o n s ib le w ay, w h a te v e r th e ir

ro le o n th e g lo b a l b u s in e s s

s ta g e .

T h is a p p ro a c h is e v id e n t in

e v e ry th in g th a t w e d o , a n d a t

e v e ry le v e l o f o u r e xc e lle n t

l e a r n i n g , t e a c h i n g a n d

re s e a rc h a c tiv itie s .

W e a re c o m m itte d to a c h ie v in g

th e v e ry h ig h e s t s ta n d a rd s in

a ll th a t w e d o , h ig h lig h te d in

a c c r e d i t a t i o n f r o m t h e

fo llo w in g p ro fe s s io n a l b o d ie s ,

a m o n g o th e rs :

1 . T h e C e rtifie d In s titu te o f

W a r e h o u s in g a n d M a te r ia ls

M a n a g e m e n t

2 . T h e C h a rte re d In s titu te o f

S u p p ly C h a in M a n a g e m e n t

3 . T h e In s titu te o f C u s to m e r

R e la tio n s h ip M a n a g e m e n t

L o g is tic s - C o n s u lta n c y a n d

R e s e a rc h

W i t h o u r s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t

re s o u rce s , w e c a n h e lp y o u r

o rg a n is a tio n to s tre a m lin e a n d

e n h a n c e its S u p p ly C h a in to

d e liv e r im p r o v e d e f f ic ie n c y,

p r o d u c tiv ity a n d s ig n if ic a n t

c o s t b e n e fits .

O u r c o n s u lta n c y a n d re s e a rc h

s e rv ic e s h av e b e e n e n h a n c e d

fo llo w in g th e d e v e lo p m e n t a n d

a c c re d ita tio n b y th e C h a rte re d

I n s t i t u t e o f S u p p l y C h a i n

M a n a g e m e n t, G h a n a fo r th e

in s titu te p ro g ra m m e a t th e

s c h o o l, w h ic h a im s to e s ta b lis h

a n d e m b e d a w o r l d - c l a s s

c e n tre o f e xc e lle n c e in g lo b a l

L o g i s t i c s , S u p p l y C h a i n

M a n a g e m e n t a n d r e l a t e d

te c h n o lo g ie s .

T h e i n s t i t u t e o f f e r s a n

in te rre la te d s u ite o f a c tiv itie s

c o m p r i s i n g m e m b e r s h i p ,

e v e n t s , s h o r t c o u r s e s ,

c o n s u lta n c y, a c a d e m ic d e g re e

p r o g r a m m e s , t e c h n o l o g y

d e v e l o p m e n t , a n d

d e m o n s tra tio n a n d b u s in e s s

in c u b a tio n s p ac e .

Yo u c a n b e n e fit fro m th e g lo b a l

a c a d e m i c e x p e r t i s e o f t h e

i n s t i t u t e , d r a w i n g o n

i n n o v a t i v e a n d i n d u s t r y

r e l e v a n t r e s e a r c h a n d a

p o r t f o l i o o f t r a i n i n g a n d

m a n a g e m e n t d e v e l o p m e n t

p ro g ra m m e s , a d d in g re a l v a lu e

to y o u a n d y o u r o rg a n is a tio n .

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Le t t e r fro m a Fo rw a rd e r

D e a r S h ip p e r/Bu ye r/P u rc h a se r/P ro c u re m e n t M a n a g e r,

W e a re c a p a b le o f c a lc u la t in g q u o ta t io n s fo r th re e m a jo r p ro je c ts, m a k in g

b o o k in g fo r 5 d iffe re n t sh ip m e n ts a n d a n sw e rin g 1 2 to ta lly u n n e c e ssa ry c a lls

p e r h o u r, a ll s im u lta n e o u sly. W e d o n o t re q u ire s le e p a n d a re a t yo u r se rv ic e

2 5 h o u rs a d ay, 8 d ays a w e e k . O u r h o m e n u m b e rs a re yo u r n u m b e rs.

W e a re re sp o n sib le fo r YO U R p ro d u c t io n d e lays, t ra ff ic ja m s, m e c h a n ic a l

p ro b le m s w ith t ru c ks, a irc ra f t a n d sh ip s a n d d e p re sse d e c o n o m ic c o n d it io n s

o ve ra ll. W e a re to ta lly re sp o n sib le fo r a n y lo st o r d a m a g e d fre ig h t a n d w ill

p e rso n a lly re p la c e it u p o n re q u e st .

W e h ave p o w e rs w h ic h a llo w u s to a d d u n lim ite d w e ig h t a n d vo lu m e to a n d

u p o n a n a lre a d y o ve rlo a d e d t ru c k . W e c re a te m ira c le s b y lo a d in g u n lim ite d

w e ig h t a n d vo lu m e in to a ir lin e / se a fre ig h t c o n ta in e rs. Fu rth e r m o re , w e c a n

a lw ays m o t iva te d rive rs to b e yo u r fre e -o f-c h a rg e te m p o ra ry e m p lo ye e s to

h e lp w ith lo a d in g a n d u n lo a d in g .

Ye ste rd ay 's d e live ry re q u ire m e n ts w ith c a rg o lo a d in g to d ay a re re g u la r ly

c o m p le te d th e d ay b e fo re ye ste rd ay, te n t im e s a d ay, e ve ry d ay. W e kn o w

th a t w h e n yo u o rd e r a t ru c k fo r lo a d in g o n M o n d ay th a t yo u re a lly n e e d e d it

o n S a tu rd ay, b u t th a t yo u o n ly w a n t th e o ve rn ig h t lo a d d e live re d th e

fo llo w in g W e d n e sd ay. Yo u w a n t u s to b e a t th e o ff ic e o n w e e ke n d s & p u b lic

h o lid ays to u n lo a d yo u r g o o d s a t th e u n g o d ly h o u rs o f 0 2 0 0 h o u rs to e n su re

th a t yo u r o p e ra t io n g e ts u p a n d ru n n in g a fe w h o u rs a f te r.

W e a re a lw ays fr ie n d ly w ith a sm ile , h ave m a ste re d te le p a th y, sh o w e m p a th y

a n d g la d ly a c t a s o u r c u sto m e rs' p syc h ia t r ists. W e e m b ra c e th e c h a lle n g e

w h e n yo u c a n c e l th e sp a c e w ith th e a ir lin e a n d o n e h o u r la te r e xp e c t th e

a ir lin e to h o ld th e sp a c e fo r yo u ju st in c a se yo u re q u ire th e c a p a c ity a g a in ,

a n d d o th is d a ily.

W e e m b ra c e th e o p p o rtu n ity th a t yo u a llo w u s to d e ve lo p o u r n e g o t ia t io n

sk ills w ith a ir lin e sta ff in se c u rin g c a p a c ity o n a lre a d y o ve rb o o ke d f lig h t a n d

a llo w in g u s to fre e ly n e g o t ia te a c h e a p sp o t ra te fo r th e fre ig h t a s w e ll.

W e sp e a k a ll la n g u a g e s a n d kn o w th e lo c a t io n o f e ve n th e sm a lle st to w n

a n yw h e re in th e w o rld . S o m e o f u s h ave e ve n m a ste re d th e sla n g a n d a c c e n t

o f a p a rt ic u la r c o u n t ry !

W e a re a b le to o b ta in a fre ig h t ra te in c lu sive o f c le a ra n c e a n d d o o r d e live ry

to th e st ra n g e st o f p la c e s a t a m o m e n t 's n o t ic e . A t yo u r re q u e st w e c a n

c o m p ly w ith a n y a n d a ll a d d it io n a l re q u ire m e n ts yo u r c o m p a n y m ay h ave .

W e a lso re p a ir ve h ic le s a n d c o m p u te rs.

Fo r u n d istu rb e d ro a d t ra ff ic , w e h ave c lo c ke d o u r ve h ic le s a n d if th a t d o e s

n o t re so lve a t ra ff ic ja m , w e a re c a p a b le o f fre e in g th e ro a d s o f t ra ff ic , u p o n

re q u e st , in o rd e r to m e e t c u to ffs.

N a tu ra lly, p aym e n t o f o u r in vo ic e s is o p t io n a l, a n d if yo u r c o m p a n y h a s

f in a n c ia l d iff ic u lt ie s w e w ill g la d ly a d va n c e u n lim ite d fu n d s fo r a s lo n g a s yo u

re q u ire th e m .

O u r liv e s h ave b e e n e n ric h e d b y th e e n d le ss o p p o rtu n it ie s th a t yo u h ave

a llo w e d u s to e xp e rie n c e .

S in c e re ly,

Yo u r E te rn a lly G ra te fu l Fre ig h t Fo rw a rd e r

S o u n d fa m ilia r?

F reigh t F orw ard ers’ Jok e

W h a t is F r e ig h t F o r w a r d in g ?

F re ig h t fo rw a rd in g m e a n s s tu f f in g b ig u g ly s te e l b o x e s w ith

a lm o s t e v e ry p ro d u c t im a g in a b le , b a n g in g th e m o n to t ru c k s a n d

s h ip s , a n d d e liv e r in g th e p ro d u c t in ta c t a n d o n t im e .

I t 's a b u s in e s s o f c u b ic m e tre s , c u s to m s d u ty , lo s t d o c k e ts , r is k s

a n d in s u ra n c e , th in g s g o in g a s tra y a n d a w ry, f in d in g n e w c lie n ts

a n d k e e p in g th e o ld

T h is j o k e d e s c r ib e s t h e r e la t io n s h ip b e t w e e n a f o r w a r d e r a n d a

c u s t o m e r in a v e r y a c c u r a t e w a y:

A m a n is f ly in g in a b a l lo o n , b u t h e i s lo s t .

H e d r o p s d o w n to a h e ig h t o f 3 0 f e e t a n d s h o u ts d o w n to a m a n

s ta n d in g in th e f ie ld : " E x c u s e m e , c a n y o u te l l m e w h e r e I a m ? "

T h e m a n in th e f ie ld s r e p l ie s : " Yo u a r e in a b a l lo o n "

" Yo u m u s t b e a f o r w a r d e r " s a y s th e b a l lo o n is t .

" H o w d o y o u k n o w ? " a s k s th e m a n in th e f ie ld .

" B e c a u s e th e in f o r m a t io n y o u h a v e s u p p l ie d i s f a c tu a l ly c o r r e c t , b u t

e f f e c t iv e ly c o m p le te ly u s e le s s " s a y s th e b a l lo o n is t .

" W e l l , y o u m u s t b e a c u s to m e r " s a y s th e f o r w a r d e r.

" H o w d o y o u k n o w th a t? " th e b a l lo o n m a n a s k s .

" B e c a u s e " s a y s th e f o r w a r d e r, " y o u g o t y o u r s e l f c o m p le te ly f u c k in g

lo s t a n d a l l o f a s u d d e n i t 's m y f a u l t . ".

F a st F o rw a rd to H ea v en

L a s t n ig h t a s I la y s le e p in g I d ie d , o r s o i t s e e m s , T h e n I w e n t to

H e a v e n , B u t i t w a s o n ly in m y d r e a m s .

A n d w h e n S t P e te r m e t m e , T h e r e a t th e P e a r ly G a te . H e s a id 'I m u s t

g e t y o u r r e c o r d . . . S ta n d h e r e a n d w a i t . '

H e r e tu r n e d a n d s a id " Yo u r r e c o r d , I t 's c lo u d e d u p w i th f la w s .

W a s n 't th e r e a n y th in g y o u d id o n e a r th , f o r a w o r th y c a u s e . "

" I s e e y o u d r a n k a lc o h o l , a n d u s e d to b a c c o to o , T h e f a c t i s , y o u h a v e

d o n e e v e r y th in g , a g o o d m a n ( w o m a n ) w o u ld n e v e r d o . " " W e c a n 't

h a v e m e n l ik e y o u u p h e r e , y o ur l i f e w a s f u l l o f s in , " T h e n h e r e a d

th e la s t o f m y r e c o r d G r a s p e d m y h a n d a n d s a id " C o m e in . "

H e to o k m e u p to th e B ig B o s s , " T a k e h im in a n d t r e a t h im w e l l ,

H e 's w o r k e d in F R E I G H T F O R W A R D I N G , H e 's h a d h is s h a r e in

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V o l . 1 N o . 1

A lb a n is c u rre n tly th e D ire c to r –

E d u c a tio n a n d R e s e a rc h w ith

th e C o u n c il fo r th e R e g u la tio n

o f F r e i g h t F o r w a r d i n g i n

N i g e r i a , a n a g e n c y o f t h e

Fe d e ra l M in is try o f T ra n s p o rt,

N ig e ria . H e h o ld s th e B .Te c h

a m d M S c in T ra n s p o r ta tio n

M a n a g e m e n t Te c h n o lo g y fro m

t h e F e d e r a l U n i v e r s i t y o f

Te c h n o lo g y, O w e r r i a n d th e

L L M in M a r itim e L a w f ro m

C a rd iff U n iv e rs ity L a w S c h o o l,

W a le s , U n ite d K in g d o m .

H is c u r re n t p o s itio n e n ta ils

c o o r d i n a t i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l

d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e T ra n s p o rt

L o g i s t i c s a n d S u p p ly - c h a i n

s e c to r a n d d e v e lo p in g s tra te g ic

p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h a c a d e m i c

i n s t i t u t i o n s f o r c a p a c i t y

b u ild in g a m o n g s t o th e r th in g s .

A s a n a rd e n t a c a d e m ic , A lb a n

D r A lb a n I g w e

h a s le c tu re d in th e T ra n s p o rt &

L o g is tic s p ro g ra m m e s o f fo u r

N ig e ria n u n iv e rs itie s in c lu d in g

th e D e p a rtm e n t o f T ra n s p o rt

a n d L o g is tic s in R e d e e m e r s

U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e h e i s

c u rre n tly a n a d ju n c t fa c u lty. H e

h a s o v e r f i f t e e n y e a r s o f

p r o f e s s i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e i n

t r a n s p o r t e d u c a t i o n ,

c o n s u l t a n c y, t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

s a f e t y a n d h u m a n c a p i t a l

d e v e lo p m e n t.

A l b a n h a s u n d e r t a k e n a

n u m b e r o f h ig h ly s p e c ia liz e d

tra in in g s in c lu d in g : R a il S a fe ty

C o n t r o l [ L o n d o n , 2 0 0 2 ] ;

R e s e a r c h M e t h o d o l o g y

[ L o n d o n , 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 6 ] ;

E u ro p e a n R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l

[E S R C ]; E v id e n c e B a s e d P o lic y

R e s e a r c h [ L o n d o n , 2 0 0 6 ] ;

T rav e l D e m a n d M o d e llin g u s in g

-

T ra n s C A D G IS S o ftw a re [U S A ,

2 0 0 7 ] ; S u r v e y M e t h o d s i n

T ra n s p o rt [Fra n c e , 2 0 0 8 ] a n d

F IA T A T ra in in g o f T ra in e r s

[T O T ] P ro g ra m m e c o m p ris in g

I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y i n

F r e i g h t a n d L o g i s t i c s ,

D a n g e ro u s G o o d s H a n d lin g ,

L o g i s t i c s a n d S u p p ly - c h a i n

M a n a g e m e n t , S u p p ly c h a i n

S e c u rity, C u s to m s P ro c e d u re s ,

I n s u r a n c e , M u l t i m o d a l

T ra n s p o rt e tc . [N ig e ria , 2 0 1 2 ].

A lb a n is a m e m b e r o f th e W o rld

C o u n c il fo r T ra n s p o rt R e s e a rc h

S o c i e t y [ W C T R S } a n d h a s

t r a n s p o r t a n d l o g i s t i c s

e x p e r ie n c e s p a n n in g tw e n ty

c o u n trie s in th re e c o n tin e n ts .

S p e c ia l p r o je c ts u n d e r ta k e n

a n d r e c o r d e d a c h i e v e m e n t s

i n c l u d e : c a r r y i n g o u t a

s u c c e s s f u l c o n s u l t a n c y

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i n v o l v e d i n P u r c h a s i n g , L o g i s t i c s , S h i p p i n g , B a n k i n g , C o n t r a c t A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , C u s t o m s B r o k e r a g e ,

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f u n c t i o n s o f p a r t i c i p a t i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s . I t i s i m p e r a t i v e t o n o t e t h a t g o v e r n m e n t i s t a k i n g t h e i ni t i a t i v e s o n t r a d e

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O n l i n e ( 8 W e e k e n d s )

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T e l : 0 7 0 6 8 5 7 2 3 3 8 , 0 8 0 9 5 5 5 8 6 5 9

G o d i f y T o w e r s

K m 3 , E l e m e / A k p a j o E x p r e s s w a y

b y N N P C F i l l i n g S t a t i o n

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B y S u n f l a g , E r i c M o o r e R o a d ,

S u r u l e r e , L a g o s .

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b u t w i t h o v e r t w e l v e y e a r s e x p e r i e n c e m a y b e c o n s i d e r e d .

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O P P O R T U N I T Y P R O V I D E D B Y

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L A G O S - A B U J A - P O R T H A R C O U R T

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R e g i s t r a t i o n F o r m s o n S a l e

E n d o r s e d B y :

A b u j a O f f i c e :

T e l : 0 8 0 6 4 5 6 3 0 6 6 , 0 8 0 9 5 5 5 8 6 1 5

0 8 0 9 5 5 5 8 6 1 1

A i s h a H o u s e ,

Z o n e 5 , W u s e ,

O p p o s i t e F e b s o n M a l l

B y E n t e r p r i s e B a n k , A b u j a

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