Shettiman Tasks IPMAN Stakeholders Towards Sublime Leadership As Elections Draw Near

….Advocates Policy Initiatives For Nigerians

Folalumi Alaran in Abuja

The vice president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) Abubakar Mai Gandi Shettiman confidently believes that this is the time for IPMAN to deploy its will-power towards a credible partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria in the quick rehabilitation of the nation’s refineries.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN),
has remained the engine room of the Nigerian economy, despite its many
recent leadership travails, given the truism that Nigerians and Nigeria, rely
heavily on petroleum and its by-products to drive the economy.

In a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant on Media, Afam Okwuone said given the cogent need for an over-all solution to the issues of fuel unavailability in Nigeria, through practical and proven technical acumen, there is no gainsaying the truism that Alh. Abubakar Mai Gandi Shettiman, is the man that IPMAN deserves as the next IPMAN election draws closer in December.

Okwuone noted, that Shetimman has also indicated his unwavering interest towards the establishment of new refineries across the geopolitical zones in Nigeria, by partnering with globally acclaimed foreign investors, and thereby securely launch Nigeria into the league of global oil producing world powers. This stride if attained, will no doubt put to stop, the perennial issues of fuel scarcity in Nigeria, and also lead to favorable price regime for petroleum products for the Nigerian consumers, increased profits for oil marketers, and surplus and stabilized foreign exchange for the Federal Government of Nigeria.

According to him, given his noble antecedents as a tested and trusted depot chairman and the Vice President of IPMAN, Alh. Shettiman has equally vowed to bring to bear his wealth of experience and his international clout, as a viable entrepreneur into ensuring that IPMAN is nationally and globally seen on the front burner in changing the narrative for the better in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. He has also solely promised to muster the resources to build a world-class headquarter for IPMAN in Abuja, and go the extra mile in establishing befitting zonal offices for IPMAN across the country for efficient administration of its activities, in one year as President of IPMAN. The lack of an administrative center, has equally hindered the productivity of IPMAN in years.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN was established in 1978, as a pressure group and an organization which should nonetheless attempt to optimistically influence Nigeria’s government policies in the upstream and downstream, through viable blueprints and ideas, IPMAN has witnessed a seemingly lackluster leadership, and a management crisis that have plagued the association in
recent years. However, it has become more than necessary for IPMAN to
become the powerhouse that it once was, and gear up to drive the economic policies of the Federal Government of Nigeria, led by Pres. Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, most especially in the oil and gas industry.

He pointed out that as Nigerians continue to face irregular availability of petroleum products in the country, most especially in the south east, south-south and in the North Central, there has become an ever increasing need to thrust the leadership of IPMAN upon the shoulders of a widely acceptable technocrat and a statesman who understands the undertones of Nigeria’s petroleum policies and who has a firm grasp of all the most needed solutions at this time of our nation’s history.

He however disclosed that as the leadership crisis of IPMAN has negated all attempts to reach a mutually beneficial compromise across all parties, members of IPMAN have become divided as to their loyalty to the association. This has hampered the growth of the association and created cracks across the zones, which has also made IPMAN unable to fulfill its full potentials. However, as the election draws closer, Alh. Shettiman, believes he can bring together all members under one strong, vibrant, indivisible Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and under one voice.

“While the federal government of Nigeria sets his policy apparatus to drive
the implementation of the CNG as an alternative source of fuel for Nigerian vehicles, the role of IPMAN in ensuring the full realization of this
drive cannot be over emphasized. Hence Alh. Shettiman, has not only pledged to partner resolutely with the Federal Government in this regard,
but has also declared the full participation of IPMAN members in ensuring that the CNG facilities are provided in members’ stations.”

These are critical issues that when properly undertaken, will lead to improved stakeholder relations between the federal government of Nigeria and IPMAN, and also create a viable measure of wealth for Nigerians across all sectors.