NNPC commends NUPENG on new building project

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on its new building project.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of NUPENG Towers in Lagos on Thursday, the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, who was represented by the Managing Director, PPMC, Mallam Bala Wunti, commended the Union for the bold step in the actualisation of the 21st-century edifice.

Kyari said, with focus, commitment and consistency to the project, the desired dream will not be difficult. He affirmed that NNPC will support the union within the confers of the laws to achieve the completion of the project.

He stressed that, without NUPENG, it would have been difficult for the corporation to distribute petroleum products across the country.

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Meanwhile, in his welcome address, the National President of NUPENG, Comrade (Prince) Williams Akporeha, thanked the GMD of NNPC for his support to the union.

According to him: “I want to especially appreciate the Group Managing Director of NNPC Mallam Mele Kyari for his relentless support for this leadership and its quest to move NUPENG to greater heights.

“Today the 12th day of December 2019 marks an important milestone in the annals of NUPENG as we decided to lay a very solid foundation for the erection of a befitting ultra-modern 8-storey Tower for our great Union. On assumption of office as President of the Union, when the flag of the office was handed over to us, we pledged to keep it flying higher than we met it.

“In addition to sustaining, organizing, and increasing the membership of the union we have also decided to embark on some infrastructural projects to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our dear Union. One of such projects is the ongoing building of a new secretariat for Kaduna Zone.”