The National President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), Comrade Festus Osifo has emerged as the new President of the Trade Union Congress, (TUC).
He emerged as the body’s new helmsman on Tuesday, July 19th at the International Conference Centre, Abuja during the 12th Triennial National Delegate Conference of TUC.
The returning officer, Comrade Shehu Mohammed,who announced the result, disclosed that 728 delegates participated in the election with Osifo pulling 688 votes to defeat his opponent, Comrade Oyikan Olasanoye who had 18 votes. Twenty two votes were declared invalid.
Osifo,who assumed office as President of PENGASSAN in August 28, 2020 had earlier served amongst others, as PENGASSAN Producers Forum Chairman, between 2016 to 2018.
The Edo -born unionist is a first class graduate of the University of Portsmouth. He’s also an alumnus of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI).
He holds a Master degree in Petroleum Engineering from Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
He is a member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN) and Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Comrade Osifo,in his acceptance speech,promised to fight for the welfare of the masses as well as the protection of the interest of every Nigerian workers.
He commended the past leaders of the Congress for laying a solid foundation on which the body thrives and vowed to sustain the vision for the benefits of all.
Osifo promised to carry everyone along in his quest for a greater TUC,while also pledging to initiate moves to placate all aggrieved members of the union.
