The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has directed the Terminal operators to stop imposing charges on containers landed at the ports during yuletide. In the course of this assignment, the NSC Team discovered that the congestion is as a result of consignees not coming forward to take delivery of cargo. Meanwhile, the NSC boss said the first phase of the Ibadan dry port will cost in excess of $100m (N35.7billion) to develop. He said the facility, to be built by the Chinese company (CRCC) would take 18 months to build. ”What is their obligation, what is the obligation of the federal government, what is the obligation of Shippers council?

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2020 03:45 UTC