Mr Festus Osifo has been elected as the new President
General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC.
Osifo was elected at the 12th Triennial National Delegates’
Conference of the Congress on Wednesday in Abuja.
The theme of the 2022 Conference was “The Working Class
Amidst the Challenges of National Security, Unemployment and Democratic
Development’’.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osifo is
expected to pilot the affairs of the labour trade centre for the next three
years.
He is also the National President of the Petroleum and
Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
Mr Shehu Mohammed, the returning officer, while announcing
the results said that a total of 728 delegates participated in the election.
Mohammed said that Osifo polled 688 votes to defeat his
opponent, Mrs Oyikan Olasanoye who polled 18 votes, while 22 votes were
declared invalid.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that due to an
internal dispute, Wednesday’s election was held for only the office of the
President General.
It would be also recalled that Osifo assumed office as
President of PENGASSAN on August 28, 2020, and had also served amongst others,
as PENGASSAN Producers Forum Chairman, between 2016 and 2018.
The new TUC President is a member of the Nigeria Society of
Engineers (NSE), Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN), and
Society for Petroleum Engineers
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