Friday 26th January 2024.

The President of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Comrade Williams Akporeha in company of the General Secretary, Comrade Afolabi Olawale and other NAC members of the Union on Friday, 26th January, 2024, convened a meeting of NUPENG Elders Forum/National Administrative Council (NAC) at Pholax Hotel and Suites, Ikeja, Lagos.

NUPENG Elders present at the meeting include Comrade (Hon.) Peter Akpatason, Comrade B.B. Awe, Comrade S.A. Dada, Comrade Joseph Akinlaja, Comrade Joseph Ogbebor, Comrade Isaac Aberare, Comrade Adamu Song, Comrade Fyne face Omeme and Comrade Achese Igwe.

At the start of the meeting, a minute silence was observed in honour of Late Comrade Frank Ovie Kokori.
The Elders unanimously praised the exemplary leadership of the union and overall performance in advancing the welfare and interests of its members, the support extended to the family of late Comrade Frank Ovie Kokori towards giving the late elder statesman a befitting burial.

They also commended the leadership of Comrade Williams Akporeha and Comrade Afolabi Olawale for overseeing the commencement and completion of the brand-new befitting Secretariat (NUPENG TOWER) for the Union.

The meeting also condemned in strong unequivocal terms the vicious act of violence meted on the leadership of the union by some disgruntled individuals on the 1st of November, 2023 in Abuja.

The meeting concluded by reaffirming its commitment to the ideals and objectives of the union while still extending an olive branch to the disgruntled individuals.

By Comrade Sulieman Pema
Research/Pub. Affairs Department