… Elects Nwachukwu As V/P; Olowofoyeku, Secretary; Agbota, Treasurer
Immediate past President of the Shipping Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (SCAN), Eugene Agha (second left), handing over to the new President, Moses Ebosele, after their election on Friday. With them is the new Vice President, Tony Nwachukwu (right), and General Secretary, Shulammite Olowofoyeku (left).
KOREDE DAMIFOGO
The Shipping Correspondence Association of Nigeria ( SCAN) has elected Moses Ebosele, Editor, City Business News as its new President.
Ebosele, who was returned unopposed in the elections held in Lagos on Friday takes over from Eugene Agha of Daily Trust Newspaper who bowed out after a successful tenure.
Others elected into the new Executive Committee and sworn in immediately include, Tony Nwachukwu of Authority Newspaper as Vice President, Shulammite Olowofoyeku, Editor Maritime Today online as Secretary, and Steve Agbota (Sun Newspaper) as Treasurer.
In his acceptance speech, Ebosele thanked members of SCAN for the opportunity to serve.
He emphasized the importance of collective efforts, urging members to correct him whenever he makes mistakes.
Ebosele said his administration will pioritized training of members and strengthen collaboration with industry stakeholders to bring about positive change to the association.
The new exco is expected to pilot the affairs of the association for the next three years.
Speaking earlier, the immediate past President of SCAN, Eugene Agha, urged the new EXCO to leverage on his achievement in the last three years while also opening new frontiers for the association.
According to him, major things that his administration has done for the association in the last three years.
“Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to serve in the capacity as SCAN President and also for the little achievements that we have done so far, which would not have been possible without you all.
“SCAN under my tenure in the last three year and few months, we have tried to see how we can move our association forward, like I said, with the support of every one of you here.
“You will recall one of the major things that we have done so far is the SCAN DOCKWORKERS DAY event, which all of you participated, and identified that it was one noble objective that we needed to push forward, to put SCAN in it’s rightful place in the Maritime sector.
“I urge the new EXCO to leverage on this modest achievement while also opening new frontiers. Once again, I thank you all for the opportunity to serve you.”