By 
Rita Enemuru, Reporting
The Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, has sworn in the newly elected executive of the Students Union Government (SUG )for the 2021/2022 Academic Session.
This is just as Dr Henry Adimula, the Principal/Chief Executive Officer of PTI, commended the students for sustaining the democratic principles on campus leading to a free, fair and credible election.
Among students sworn in at the Council Chambers of the lnstitute were Comrade Esharedoro Christian Efe, as President, Comrade Godwin Samuel, as Vice President, Chidozie Chioma Blessing, as Secretary General, Ndudim Anthony Uchechukwu, as Assistant Secretary-General, and Comrade Temisan Oghenevwede Collins as Public Relations Officer (PRO).
Others, who made the list, included Obus Simmer UyoyoOghene as Financial Secretary, Kompani Oghenerunor, as Welfarer, Ofulue Anthony Ifeanyi as Social Director, Orji Marious lfebuche, as Sports Director and Odemero Martha Ogheneyoma, as Treasurer.
Dr Adimula stated that the election, which was conducted on Saturday, 23rd November, 2021, witnessed students ‘ who congregated in large numbers to vote candidates of their choice which saw both the emergence of winners and losers.
While giving his counsel as a father to all in the academic community, Dr Adimula charged the new Exco to at all times represent those who elected them and to also bear in mind that their position, as elected officers, does not, in any way, elevate them above any student and such privileged should be used for self – aggrandizement
He stressed the need for the SUG to be a good interface between the management and the students.
“Please, inform your members to always imbibe the maintenance culture of these facilities and be partners with management in its bid to achieve the dreams of its founding-fathers of moving the institute to the next level of training competent technical manpower for the oil and gas sector,” Dr Adimula counselled.
He promised to put in place machinery and programmes that will systematically address the challenges students are facing.
Meanwhile, the newly-elected President of the PTI Student Union Government (SUG), Comrade Esharedoro Christian
Efe, who spoke on behalf of the newly-sworn-in exco in his inaugural speech, appreciated Dr Adimula, and other management staff and the electoral body that conducted the credible election.
Comrade Esharedoro, while appreciating his fellow students for giving him 68 per cent of the total votes cast, declared a policy statement of Zero Protest Agenda (ZPA) for the next academic session.
He, however, added that the ZPA policy statement was only achievable if the management is ready and willing to create a formidable bond with the students’ community by creating an enabling environment to advance the welfare and academic performance of students.
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