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After eight years of leadership tussle, Comrade Robert Obi, has emerged new
chairman of the Calabar Depot of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), and has promised to run a transparent administration.
Obi and other 11 members of the Executive were elected at the AGM/ Special General Meeting/Election held on Monday at DANIC Hotels in Calabar.The new twelve man executive of IPMAN would take charge for three years.
The AGM were attended by representative of National President, Zonal, elders of IPMAN of Calabar Depot unit, representatives of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), Petroleum Station Workers (PSW), Independent Marketers Branch (IMB) and Oil/Gas Workers (OGS) and critical stakeholders.
Delivering his acceptance speech after the election, Ob disclosed that though the Calabar branch of IPMAN has been faced with a lot of challenges, the new team has the capacity to surmount the challenges.
Obi said: “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 back 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 (OGS) not to leave us behind but give us the support they have been giving because what affects one affects the other”, he said.
He 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 the said the owners of the depot’s, filling stations and stakeholders have come together to elect a new leadership.
Also speaking, the national president of IPMAN, Alhaji Ahmed Debo, represented by the Michael Udofia, the national legal adviser, 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.
