{"id":355344,"date":"2026-05-18T06:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355344"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:54:38","slug":"rivers-petroan-elects-12-member-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355344","title":{"rendered":"Rivers PETROAN Elects 12-Member Executive\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Petroleum Products Retail Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Rivers State Branch, has elected a 12 – member executive to steer the affairs of the association for the next four years.<\/div>\n
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The executive, elected during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association, at it’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, and sworn in immediately after the election, was mandated to, among other things, tackle the adulteration of petroleum products as well as address irregularities in meter readings across the state.<\/div>\n
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The newly elected executive include, Pastor Ezekiel I. Eletuo\u00a0 as\u00a0 Chairman,\u00a0 Kanu Addeson C. as Vice Chairman , Dr. Ejike Jonathan Nnbuihe as Secretary,\u00a0 Fidelis A.Inaku as Treasurer and Lady C. N. Ekejiuba as Financial Secretary.<\/div>\n
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Others are Anaenye Anthony as Publicity Secretary, Arc. Kingsley O. Anyino as Organising Secretary, Nze Peter Ezenwa as Chief Whip, and Sunny Williams as Auditor.<\/div>\n
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Other members of the executive included Chidiebere Ronel Akwara as Welfare Officer, Ibe Chimaobi C. as Legal Adviser, and Emetoh Chizoba as Assistant Secretary.<\/div>\n
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Inaugurating the new leadership, PETROAN Zonal Chairman, High Chief Sunny G. Nkpe, charged the team to build on the achievements of the outgoing executive.<\/div>\n
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He urged them to collaborate with stakeholders in the petroleum sector to ensure industry stability and address issues of multiple taxation.<\/div>\n
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Nkpe who emphasized the need for transparency, accountability, and an open-door policy in administering the union, insisted these principles remained crucial in advancing the association\u2019s objectives and improving members’ welfare.<\/div>\n
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The zonal chairman also commended the outgoing executive for their accomplishments during their tenure and for conducting a smooth transition process.<\/div>\n
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He further described their efforts as instrumental in strengthening the union\u2019s standing in the state.<\/div>\n
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In his acceptance speech, the new Chairman, Pastor Ezekiel I. Eletuo, thanked members for their confidence and pledged to improve on the foundations laid by the previous administration.<\/div>\n
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He promised his leadership would be guided by transparency, accountability, fairness, unity, and integrity.<\/div>\n
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Eletuo called on all members to support the new executive in its efforts to elevate the association.<\/div>\n
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Also speaking, the immediate past Chairman, of the association, Sir Chilam Francis Dimkpa, expressed appreciation to members for their support during his administration and stressed the need for them to extend the same cooperation to the new leadership.<\/div>\n
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Dimkpa highlighted key achievements of his tenure to include capacity building for members, increased union visibility through media advocacy, and the establishment of stronger ties with stakeholders, corporate organisations, and individuals.<\/div>\n
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He also acknowledged the support of the state government, the Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).<\/div>\n
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Stakeholders present at the event also delivered their goodwill messages.<\/div>\n
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Highlights of the event included\u00a0 administration of oath of office to the new executive and the presentation of certificates of return by the zonal chairman.\u00a0 \u00a0 .<\/div>\n
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By: Amadi Akujobi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Petroleum Products Retail Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Rivers State Branch, has elected a 12 – member executive to steer the affairs of the association for the next four years. The executive, elected during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association, at it’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, and sworn in immediately after the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":355575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oil-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355577,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355344\/revisions\/355577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}