Reiterate Commitment to Good Governance Principles

Tony Iju Nwabunike, National President, ANLCA

With the successful conduct of elections into elective offices in the Northern, Eastern and Wester Chapters of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, (ANLCA), National President of the Association, Hon. Tony Iju Nwabunike has reiterated his commitment to the ideals and priciples of good governance, transparency, equity and justice in the affairs of ANLCA under his watch.

The National President also disclosed that his efforts is in fulfilment of his mandate to reposition the Association and  carry out its statutory functions and responsibilities as enshrined in the ANLCA Supreme Constitution as amended.

“Such functions and powers of both the NEC and NECOM of ANLCA is to conduct credible elections into our various Chapters spread across the country to bring purposeful leadership to the Chapters of the association” Nwabunike said.

Giving a breakdown of official elections conducted recently by ANLCA executives led by himself, Nwabunike revealed that ANLCA started the conduct of Chapters elections from the Northern zone last year which saw successful conduct of elections of the Executives of the Kano and Abuja International airports Chapters of the Association.

From the North, the  Association Electoral Commission (ASECO) moved to the Eastern zone of the association to conduct the Chapter elections into Onne port, Calabar port, Port Harcourt Area 1 , Onne Oil & Gas and the Port Harcourt International Airport Chapters.

The elections were successfully carried out with all members and contestants satisfied with the outcome.

In the same vain, on the 16th, February 2021, elections were conducted into some Chapters of the Western Zone of ANLCA in the strict observance of the Covid-19 protocols in Lagos. The Chapters includes, Apapa Port, Tin Can Island Port, PTML , KLT and Ikorodu .

The elected officials as certified by the ANLCA electoral body are:

Apapa Port Chapter–Chief Sylvester Budu , Chairman; Kayode Jejelaye, Vice Chairman; Razak Ishola, Secretary; and Lawrence Uba, Assistant Secretary.
Others are Nnammocha Joseph, Financial Secretary; Hakeem Olodan, Treasurer; and Emeka Mbachu, Public Relations Officer (PRO).

Tin Can Island Port Chapter:

Ojo Peters Akintoye emerged as the Chairman; Sonniel Ebonyem Onochie, Vice Chairman; Nzeribe Ebere, Secretary; and Abdulazeez Obafemi Hakeem, Assistant Secretary. Others are Olawale Cole, Treasurer; Waisiu Bunmi Osinowo, Financial Secretary; and Onome A. Joy as Public Relations Officer ( PRO).

The Port and Terminal Multipurpose Limited (PTML):

 Otunba Sunday Oyebola as their Chairman, Alhaji Lameen Muse as Vice Chairman, and Chijioke Daniel as Secretary. Also at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT), Esther Oluwatoyin Oyeleke was elected as Chairman, making her the first female Chapter chairman in the Western Zone of ANLCA. While the Ikorodu chapter of the association elected Prince Lawal Jimoh as their chairman.

While assuring that efforts are in top gear by the ASECO to conduct credible elections into the remaining chapters of the Western Zone, Nwabunike said “Under my watch as the National President of ANLCA, I will follow to the later the constitutional provisions of our association to make sure things are always done the right way. I want to also use this medium to once again appeal to our aggrieved brothers to sheath their swords and come onboard for us to build enviable and strong ANLCA for the benefit of us all”.

The ANLCA Boss emphasized that the ANLCA of today is transforming into an association of intellectual professionals with proven integrity that can stand among their peers across the globe.

He called on the media, especially the maritime press to always stand for truth, facts and “Verify from us whenever you hear or read anything about our great association, ANLCA”, Nwabunike appealed.