December 04, (THEWILL) – The newly elected Chairman of the Calabar Depot of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Robert Obi, has promised not to run a one-man show.
He made this known while delivering his acceptance speech after the Annual General Meeting of the association in Calabar.
He disclosed that though the Calabar branch of IPMAN is faced with a lot of challenges, the new team has the capacity to surmount the challenges.
“We are fully aware we have been given a serious mandate and we have the capacity to surmount these challenges.
“We are not going to run a one-man business because it’s so challenging. We need the support of all to return our business to where it was.
“We call on all our stakeholders like the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), Petroleum Station Workers (PSW), Independent Marketers Branch (IMB) and Oil/Gas Workers not to leave us behind but give us the support they have been giving because what affects one affects the other,” he said.
Obi said the new twelve-man executive will not disappoint and called on all who are outside to come back so that they can collectively rebuild IPMAN.
On his part, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Sir Michael Udofia, said the owners of depots, filling stations and stakeholders have come together to elect a new leadership.
Also speaking, the National Chairman of IPMAN, Alhaji Ahmed Debo, who was represented by Michael Udofia, the National Legal Adviser of the IPMAN, said they have permanently put a stop to the challenges faced by the Calabar Depot Chapter of IPMAN.
He said the task of the new executive is to make sure that they work together in harmony and reposition their businesses.
He expressed optimism that the new Chairman of the Calabar Depot branch has the experience and capacity to lead the branch.
The new twelve-man executive of IPMAN will take charge for three years.
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