Group urges airport commandant to open secretariat
…Laments loss of over N5b in revenue
Members of the Lagos Airport chapter of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) have appealed to the Airport Commandant, Chioma Udo, to immediately reopen the association’s secretariat so that members carry out their legitimate businesses.
The group lamented that they have lost over N5 billion in revenue due shutdown of their secretariat. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos yesterday, the Managing Director of Marktouch Shipping Lines Limited, Mr Makinde Ladipo Aremu, said that since the secretariat was allegedly shut by the Airport Commandant on February 5, 2025, the Federal Government has lost revenue over N5 billion.
Aremu explained that despite a subsisting court order recognising the current ANCLA Murtala Muhammed Airport chapter executives, the secretariat has remained shut.
He said that there has never been any instance of fracas or disagreement among ANCLA members that would warrant the intervention of security agencies, let alone a situation of security breach that would have led to sealing the secretariat.
Aremu further pointed out that the association is one of the major stakeholders involved in assisting the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in meeting its revenue target. He therefore lamented that the development has grossly affected the operations of ANCLA members in meeting their assigned roles while the livelihood and welfare of several members and other critical stakeholders are being impacted.
However, all efforts to reach Udo via phone and WhatsApp were not successful, and messages sent to her via WhatsApp have not been responded to at the time of filing this report.

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