The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria Act No. 16 2007 was enacted into law on the 30th of April,2007. The Council is charged with, amongst other responsibilities, regulating and controlling the practice of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria, and promoting the highest standards of competence, practice and conduct among members of the profession

The vision of the Council is to become Nigeria’s leading transport player committed to the development of a modern globally competitive freight forwarding system in Nigeria.

The council is dedicated to achieving sustainable economic development in Nigeria through responsible transport initiatives in freight forwarding development and management.

  1. Regulating and controlling the practice of freight forwarding.
  2. Regulating and controlling all the associations of freight forwarding agents.
  3. Regulating and controlling persons who are engaged in freight forwarding.
  4. Promoting the highest standard of competence, best practices and conduct among individual members and organizations engaged in the freight forwarding profession.
  5. Securing in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the establishment and maintenance of registers of persons and organizations entitled to practice as registered freight forwarders, and the publication from time to time of the list of such persons and organizations.
  6. Encouraging participation of members in international exchange programmes.
  7. Determining the standards of knowledge and skill to be attained by persons seeking to be registered as freight forwarders and raising those standards from time to time in accordance with international industry practice.
  8. Encouraging Freight Forwarders to strive for high levels of career achievement and to gain a broader understanding of the principles of cargo movement in the interest of the public, clients and employees.
  9. Ensuring uniform standards of education, training and professional conduct of practitioners.
  10. Performing any other functions conferred on the Council by the Act.
  11. Maintain cargo movement statistics, which shall be made available to registered members and the public.
  12. Establish a comprehensive syllabus and curriculum for the training of Freight Forwarders
  13. Embark on continuous certification of Freight Forwarders
  14. Embark on continuous conduct of seminars and workshops
  15. Affiliate with universities, colleges and FIATA
  16. Create membership development toolkit (Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

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