‘Provide insurance for newspaper vendors, agents’ – NDAN Chairman

Godwin Akpan, the re-elected chairman of the Newspapers and Magazines Distributors Association of Nigeria (NDAN), Lagos Island Zone, has appealed to media owners and government to collaborate and provide insurance for its members.

He also appealed to media houses and government to collaborate with the association’s leadership to identify and gather data and carry out its needs, stressing that his administration’s “priority is to reposition and rebrand our distribution hall to improve standards.”

The new chairman made these requests among others during his address on the occasion of his swearing-in last week, stating that “vendors and agents are endangered species who face serious occupational hazards on a daily basis.”

Akpan, who promised not to disappoint or betray members’ confidence reposed in him by returning him to office, following a successful first term, said the true winner of the election are the members, “We must all work collectively in the best interest of our association. My victory is for all of us and not for some of us. I promise to be magnanimous in this victory by maintaining as usual, an open-door policy in my government.”

He commended the past leaders of the association since its inception in 1989 and appealed for their cooperation, stressing that “I will come from time to time to seek advice and wise counsel….”