By Kenneth Jukpor
- Inducts Ajani, Jamoh, Orakwusi, 29 others as fellows
In a bid to proffer expert advisory documents to guide the nation’s logistics and transport industry, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Nigeria, would commence quarterly logistics and transport advisory and forecasts from 2022.
The President of CILT Nigeria, Barr. Mrs. Mfon Usoro revealed this yesterday as the Institute inducted the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Director General Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Chairperson, Nigerian Ship-owners Forum, Barr. (Mrs.) Margaret Orakwusi and 29 others as fellows and corporate members of the institute.
Noting that the aim of the institute is to work with all partners in the industry to enhance the logistics efficiency index for the country, Usoro said the CILT Quarterly Advisory will offer independent, objective and constructive assessment of the state of play of the Logistics and Transport industry together with practical and implementable solutions.
“We will not stop there, CILT with its array of experts including professors and entrepreneurs in every field of logistics and transport will work with government and other stakeholders to put into effect our recommendations,” she said.
The members were inducted at the 2021 CILT Fellows’ and Corporate Members’ Forum with the theme “Optimizing Opportunities In AfCFTA through Logistics and Transport Services”
Speaking after being inducted as a chartered fellow, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transport. Dr. Mrs Magdalene Ajani said the way to get excellence in the transport sector is through professionalization and training stating that CILT is one of the professional bodies that is very relevant in the logistics and transport sector to provide training.
She, however, added that if all the four modes of transportation could work together and effectively, it will bring efficient service delivery in the transport sector.
Her words: “The way to get about excellence in anything that we do is to professionalize practice and professionalization of the practice requires training and retraining and interacting with people who have the experience on the field.
“CILT is a professional body that is very relevant in the logistics and transport sector and of course there are others if we all work together with this group of people and position the industry to be highly professional then we expect an efficient service delivery in the transport sector.
Earlier, the National President of the Institute, Mrs Mfon Usoro informed that CILT Nigeria, like the international body is focused on education and training, certification, setting standards of practice, licensing of professionals in logistics, transport and supply chain management.
Usoro stressed that the immediate goal of the current council of CILT Nigeria is to transform logistics and transport in Nigeria to align with global and continental trends with a focus on technology. growing domestic capacity and strengthening the regulatory deficit that is a sine qua non for the growth and competitiveness of the industry.
She observed that optimizing the opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the strategies of CILT Nigeria to prepare operators in the logistics and transport space for full participation in AfCFTA.
She added that CILT Nigeria remains the leading professional body in the Logistics, Transport and Supply Chain Management sector that educates, trains, develops processes and systems for the good of the society.
