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1 . HOW CAN ONE BE REGISTERED AS A MEMBER : a . The CEO must be at least an Associate Member of APCON b . CEO must have at least five years working experience in an Outdoor Advertising Company c . Must habe a registered company with CAC d . Must have a C02 and C07 e . Must provide at least two other directors with their passport and contact details f . Purchase in draft an application form of 250 thousand Naira g . Pay in draft screening fee of 250 thousand Naira h . Provide the reciepts of payments of the above listed items I . Must provide a Curriculum Vitae of the CEO / MD j . Application letter to the President through the membership Committee k . Must make available reference letters from two financila member who are not member of the membership Committee .
Photocopies of the required documents and the original copy of the application form should be submitted not later than 6months after picking the application form .
2 . HOW MANY MEMBERSHIP LEVELS ARE THERE ? There are three level of membership namely : Pre-Associate Member Associate Member Full Members

Babatunde Oyekan

Asst General Secretary Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria ( OOAN )
3 . WHAT ARE THE BENEFIT OF BEING A MEMBER Being a member of the association are inexhaustible : OAAN is empowered by APCON to protect , maintain and regulate the practice of Outdoor Advertising in Nigeria . OAAN interfaces on behalf of her members to fight against obnoxious and unfavourable laws in the practice , keeping her members abreast on issues affecting their businesses .

1 0 Q s t o a s k b e f o r e joining the Outdoor Advetising Association of Nigeria OAAN

OAAN also ensures that members are well supported in all areas of their business , seminars and training are b e i n g o r g a n i ze d p e r i o d i c a l l y t o e n h a n c e professionalism and international best practices in outdoor advertising in Nigeria .
Members welfare are being given priority as these are also key to stability in business .
Various opportunities are being created through event like Poster Awards to encourage our other stakeholders as well as p r o v i d e e n a b l i n g against her constitution . environment for greater business network for member .
OAAN takes responsibility o f re p r i m a n d i n g a n d sanctioning of members who default the APCON code ( code of Advertising Practice in Nigeria ) or go
4 . WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS REQUIRED AS A MEMBER ? I . Members are required to be financilly up-t-date for the smooth running of the Association . ii . Members are expected to obey the laws guiding Advertising Practice iii . They are expected to act inline with the Constitution iv . To show willingness towards rendering services to the Association v . To render their unalloyed support for the general advancement of the Association vi . Exhibit great level of loyalty to OAAN
6 . HOW DOES OAAN CREATE VALUE FOR ITS MEMBERS Values are created in the provision of suitable platform where members interact easily for business relationship .
7 . DOES OAAN HAVE A UNIFIED VISION INTERMS OF WORK COLLABORATION IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF ALL MEMBERS Members are afforded the opportunity to relate with one another , which in turn make business interaction seamless . Greater priviledges to rub minds with business colleagues are created , opportunities for international trainning are being explored . Socially , relationship with one another are being engendered through the association . OAAN gives members a great sense of belonging through different platforms that afford members the opportunity to air their views .
in case of artbitrary treatment from clients and other reguation , OAAN handles it as a body on behalf of her member . The visions of the Association are rightly spelt out in the constitution .
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