ABOUT THE CUSTOMS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OTRT

THE CCC OPEN TRADE ROUND TABLE - OTRT

The CCC OTRT is a three and half hours business reality Breakfast Meeting organised quarterly by the Customs Consultative Committee - CCC.

The CCC OTRT targets to x-ray and reappraise the essentials of the ever increasing global trade dynamics, the supply chain management and to mobilize the Nigeria International Shippers, Carriers, Customs, Logisticians, Port Operators and regulatory organizations towards an even national economic growth, in real term via shared knowledges and experiences.

VISIONS OF THE CCC OTRT:

The CCC is deeply concern with dynamics and trends with in the international trade and security supply chain, especially, from fostering efciency and seamless considerations along the Customs ports operations, thus, a need for process and operational reappraisals, is apt.

The CCC breakfast aims to providing a platform for an intellectual brainstorming sessions, resulting to cross fertilization and collation of robust ideas in relation to improving trades, shipping, ports, customs and regulatories activities within the supply chains.

As a statutory obligation, it will articulate ideas and recommendations for the attention of the relevant policy makers in the supply chain.

The CCC is committed to profferring ideas and solutions that will aide Customs administration positively, by providing a conducive environment for critical stakeholders in the transport cum trade industry to interact freely and genuinely.

It also aims to persuade stakeholders to embrace the OTRT as an ideal, most preferred and perfect business round table to discuss international trade concerns and above all creating an enabling meeting point for Business to Customs connect and Operators to regulatory authorities connect platform.

Also, it is obligatory for the CCC to mobilize and encourage stakeholders to participate actively in growing their productd brands and franchises in global trade arena.

Objectively, the CCC shall lead the conversation in the eradication of technical and human barriers inhibiting trade fluidity and unbundling noticeable hitches within the shipping spaces and profferring a one stop measure in the area of products and professional regulations.

The intents of the CCC is to promote the likely anticipations in the ever-evolving needs of the Customs and to serve as a tool for a feedback mechanism to aide and engender an administrative and operational improvements.

Pursuance to the above goals, the CCC uses quarterly breakfast meeting set topics/themes in its series of engagements so as to redirecting the administration attention of the Customs, especially as a positive feedbacks on policy and operational concerns.

In keeping focus to our set goals, the CCC shall on quarterly basis choose topic/theme for the considerations of at least 50 key selected stakeholders, then invite them for a Breakfast parley.

It our expectations that, the selected stakeholder shall genuinely share their experiences, reappraise trade and operational performances as suggested by the each theme of the breakfast meeting and subsequently, suggest new ways of attaining optimal performance and efciency in customs administration across board.

Thank You for your attention.

Fwdr Eugene Nweke Rff

Secretary- CCC.

CCC CHAIRMAN'S Welcome Address

WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN CUSTOMS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE - CCC ON THE OCCASION OF ITS MEDIAN OPEN TRADE ROUND TABLE BREAKFAST MEETING, HELD AT THE LAGOS CONTINENTAL HOTEL, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, ON 28TH MAY, 2024.

PROTOCOLS:

The Grand Chairman of CCC, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR. Who doubles as a Co - Speaker of the meeting.

The Chairman/Meeting Moderator - Bar. Hassan Bello, Former ES/CEO Nigeria Shippers Council.

The Guest Speaker, Dr Muda Yusuf, CEO CPPE .

The Co - Speakers: Bar. Jean Chiazor Anishere SAN, Principal Partner, Jean Chiazor and Partners(OFIANYI CHAMBERS). Legal Practitioners/ Maritime Law Consultants/ Arbitrators/ Notary Public.

Mr Russo Ascario The Managing Director, Grimald Lines/Port & Terminal Multimodal Logistics. PTML Custom Command, Chief Otunba Francis Meshioye, The President, Manufacturing Association Of Nigeria - MAN.

Distinguished Captains of the industry and Critical Actors in the international trade and safety supply chain

The CCC Board Members and Pioneer Members here present, Gentlemen of the Press/Rapporteurs, Ladies and gentlemen, all protocols duly observed.

You are welcome to the CCC median Open Trade Round Table Breakfast Meeting.

I won't bore you with the details of the objectives of this breakfast meeting arrangements, this has been explained in detailed on the breakfast meeting program. I urge you to please go through it.

However, permit me to abridge it by stating that, the intents of the CCC breakfast meeting engineering is to promote the likely anticipations in the ever-evolving needs of the Customs and to serve as a tool for a positive feedback mechanism , which will aide its administrative and operational improvements

Pursuance to the above intent, the CCC wish to use this median quarterly breakfast meeting to kick start its series of engagements, in this regards. In keeping focus to the CCC set goals, it shall on quarterly basis choose topic/theme for the inputs and considerations of selected key stakeholders, via an invite for a Breakfast parley.

During the meeting interaction, it is envisiaged that, the selected stakeholder shall genuinely share their wealth of experiences, collectively reappraise trades and operational performances as suggested by the respective theme of the breakfast meeting and eventually, suggest new ways of attaining optimal performance and effciency in customs administration across board.

It is on this note, that we are kick starting this breakfast meeting with the theme: New Customs Laws - " THE NEW CUSTOMS LAW - A SYNOPSIS OF CHANGES IN THE PRESENT TRADE LAWS IN NIGERIA".

Our conviction here is that, the New laws present a new tall order beckoning for compliance.

Also it is all encompassing, as it affects not just the actors in the international trade and safety supply chain, but also to every business interests in the country.

To do justice to this median breakfast meeting theme, we have carefully assembled renowned and experienced industry practitioners as resources persons to do justice to theme. We hereby imploy the resource persons to feel free and without any form of reservations in expressions towards giving this theme the deserved attention and unbundling the nitty gritty inherent, hence, doing so for national interests and effectiveness of the Customs administration, which is the common goal of the CCC.

Once again, I welcome everyone, and urge us to contribute meaningfully as we progress in our engagements this morning.

Thank You for your attention.

Fwdr Aare Hakeem Olarewanju Rff

Chairman CCC.

MEANING OF

MARINE BLUE ECONOMY.

Marine Blue Economy, is a global concept adopted by the African Union under its African Intgrated Maritime Strategies (AIMStrategy) of 2014. According to the World Bank, the blue economy is the 'sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving the health of ocean ecosystem.' European Commission defines it as "All economic activities related to oceans, seas and coasts. In pictures, here are marine blue economy scopes:

MBE = Smooth Shipping Activities.

MBE = Fresh Exports/Flourishing Market Places.

MBE = Discovering/Marine Sea Bed Treasures.

MBE = Sea Bed Mining.

MBE = Exploring Sea Treasures.

MBE = Enhancing Maritime Transportation.

MBE = Boosting Marine Relaxation.

MBE = Protect the marine wildlife.

MBE = Support Cruising/Tourism Activities.

MBE = Sustainable Marine Studies and Research.

MBE = Value Addition To Water Sporting Activities.

MBE = Advance Fishing Activities.

MBE = Is Safety Driven.

MBE = Preserving The Aquatics.

MBE = Discovering Seabed Fauna and Flora, for health and economic objectives.

MBE = Keeping The waters a Deep Sky Blue.

MBE = Discovering Marine Species.

MBE = Supporting Healthy Climate.

MBE = Safe Sea Explorations.

MBE = Enhancing Port Facilities.

MBE = Sustainable Fishing Industry.

MBE = Supports Greener Vegetation And Promote Healthy Environment.

MBE = Nurturing Ocean Grasses and Plants.

MBE = Tackling Pollutions and Making The Water Bed Most Healthy & Conducive For The Auatics.

MBE = Renewable Energy Sources.

MBE = Conserving Marine Mights.

MBE = Improving Aquaculture.

MBE = Enhancing Biotech.

MBE = Sustains Search & Rescue Activities.