Aniebonam Calls for Peaceful Campaign towards 2023 General Elections

 Aniebonam Calls for Peaceful Campaign towards 2023 General Elections

ZAINAB JUNAID

The founder of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam has called on his members to adopt constructive and peaceful method of  campaign for the forthcoming 2023 general elections. 

Dr Aniebonam made this call while fielding questions with Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) at NAGAFF Village on Monday, adding that the society at large must be engaged in the course of the movement. 

Reiterating the bad shape of the economy,  the NAGAFF founder maintained that all hands must be on deck to actualize the dream of New Nigeria. 

His words, “We must engage the society and be constructive in our dealings. There is no need to start blaming anyone for the system that is already in comatose. All we need now is to put all hands on deck to actualize the dream of New Nigeria. This election give room for multiparty system which provides opportunities for people to make choice of their own. We must utilize the opportunity. Besides, it was a call from God for me to initiate this party. As a spiritual leader, it was a divine speech that I received and I believe we will achieve our goals.”

While speaking on the recent developments in the maritime industry, Dr. Aniebonam who is also the founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) argued that Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) is not a government agency as it is misinterpreted and all measures are put in place to ensure that the council remains independent of the Ministry of Transportation. 

He explained that the council was never meant to be a government Parastatal but a professional body regulating activities of the freight forwarders. 

According to him, “CRFFN has not achieved the mandate in which it was established for since it has been misinterpreted to be a government agency. But our lawyer is in court on that matter. We all know that when money is involved, the issue of POF is a serious business, section 6 of the CRFFN Act tells us how to raise funds and administer the council, the POF falls under this purview.”

"When you look at the volume of money involved, the attention of the government has been brought there. It is only the National Assembly that can intervene on this matter. Recall that  I said we are still in court over this issue and we will get what we want,” he said. 

Dr Aniebonam later enjoined the New Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Jaji Sambo to utilize his new appointment and the little period remaining under the present administration to help resolve the salient issue of CRFFN.