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The African Association of Cross Border Trade (AACBT) has sought collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to facilitate trade among member states of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS).
President of the Nigerian chapter of West Africa Association of Cross Border Trade, Agro-forestry, Pastoral, Fisheries Products and Food, Mohammed Abdullahi, recently made the call during a familiarisation visit to the NSC headquarters in Lagos.
Secretary of the association, Salami Nassiru expounded on the purpose of the visit, which according to him, was to formalize trade in West Africa, minimise smuggling and to promote the trading of ECOWAS products and generate statistics of commodities traded in the sub-region.
The Council’s Director of Consumer Affairs Division, Chief Cajetan Agu, who received the delegation on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Hassan Bello, assured of the Council’s readiness to collaborate with the association, stating that the proposed areas of collaboration are in line with the Council’s mandate.
He said that the two Border Information Centres at Seme-Krake border and Jibia-Maradi border were founded to provide immediate assistance, such as insight and trade information to traders that trade across the border.
