The outgoing President of Association of Beauty Pageant & Fashion Exhibition Organizers of Nigeria, ABPFEON Hon. Ejiro Okpihwo has said the upcoming national elective convention of the body is an opportunity to reposition it for effective performance.
Hon. Ejiro who had held sway in the past seven years as the National President of the body expressed happiness that the election is taking place at last, urging all registered members to ensure full participation.
In a release on Thursday, the outgoing President cautioned that only those who have completed their registration process as Pageant Organizations will be accredited as delegates, urging intending members to also use the opportunity of the National Convention to regularise their registration.
Hon. Ejiro is reputed to have brought stability in the once troubled association, making it the pride of every stakeholders in the past seven years he has been on saddle.
Aside ensuring that the association has presence in all the states of the federation, he is also praised for being the arrowhead that ensured that it collaborates with National Lottery Commission to fix star prizes for winners of beauty pageant shows.
He therefore expressed optimism that the April 3, national convention will be a step forward in taking the body to greater heights.
"I Am pleased to congratulate us all as a family on the successes made so far in the forthcoming ELECTIONS and National Convention holding in Abuja this coming Sunday 3rd April, 2022.
"I want to specially thank the BOT MEMBERS and the Electoral College CHAIRMAN and his team of great men as we look forward to having a wonderful time out together during this election that will by God's grace produce a New Leadership for our great Association.
"In readiness to reunite with you all, i urge you all to fully participate in the ELECTIONS proper.
"My appeal to you all in participating in this ELECTIONS is to ensure you register your Pageant Organization as Registered Voter / Delegate, so you can be able to exercise your franchise of voting and to be voted for in various offices both at National Level and State level" he urged.
He added, "This ELECTION will give the industry the opportunity to progress ahead of a new Administration and the 2023 National Election which is around the corner.
"I look forward to see every pageant ORGANIZERS participate in this ELECTION so that we all can be on the same page in delivering a great body that would Carter for members in distress or progress.
"ABPFEON was Established to promote, project and propagate the values of the industry so that practitioners can have a better life in their chosen profession as the case maybe."
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