By Ediri Ejoh

In other to keep clearing agents abreast of the new development in the freight forwarding business, Eyis Resource has completed a training programme for 21 Chief Executive Officers in the industry on e- transaction.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Managing Director of the Eyis Resources, Lucky Amiwero, said with the introduction of e-payment and e-remittance, only those with the relevant knowledge can operate effectively in the industry.

According to him, the training programme is “born out of the passion to empower the licensed Customs Agents by building capacity in all aspects of their profession, in view of the recently introduced of e- payment and e- remittance in trade facilitation process which has made it necessary for Licensed Customs Agents to brace up to the global trends.”

Amiwero, who is also a factional President of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), argued that the speculations that the training programmes was politically motivated, has been proven wrong as the organization graduated the third batch of trainees and is still planning to proceed to empower more Licensed Customs Agent through a 22 weeks intensive technical capacity building training that started since July.

He said the new programme is rendered free to all Licensed Customs Agents with over 15 courses treated.

He said it is paramount to understand that in this contemporary age, the economy of the country should be information technology based in order to fast track activities and remain globally competitive. He pointed out that ICT is the fuel that drives the industry, saying that there is need to build capacity on computer appreciation and applications

He also commended the graduands as being the first serious set of agents since the commencement of the training programme and urged them to aspire for greater achievement that exceeds their present. This, he said, will help them attain a compliance level and build confidence in other to aid exhibiting professionalism and compliance with international best practice.