The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has elected new national officers.
 
At a special delegates’ conference held in Lagos, Augustine Egbon, emerged as the national chairman to run the affairs of the union for a term of four years.
  
Egbon defeated his opponent, Lucky Osesua with 552 votes, while Osesua, who was absent at the venue of the election, scored zero votes. 
Oluchi Chinagorom from Port Harcourt zone emerged as the National Secretary of the union.
   
The election, equally produced Lawan Garba, Mathias Ote, Dauda Olabisi and Olaolu Akinmuyise, as national Vice Chairman, Kaduna, Warri, Lagos and Port Harcourt zones of the PTD-NUPENG, respectively.
    
The duo of Malut Abubakar and Odinakachi Nwafor emerged as the First Deputy National Chairman and Second Deputy National Chairman, respectively.
   
The Guardian gathered that the election complied with the judgment of Justice O. Y. Anuwe of the National Industrial Court,( NIC) in Abuja, which on May 29, 2024, annulled the previous election of the union held in Ibadan, last year October.
  
In dissolving the national officers elected at the last October election, Justice Anuwe had ordered that NUPENG should set up an Electoral Committee to organise a new national delegates conference within four months.
   
The Judge also instructed that the NUPENG Constitution and the PTD Bye-Laws should be followed in conducting the new election. In his address before the commencement of voting, Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Solomon Kilanko declared that the process was non-discriminatory in line with the judgment of the NIC, Abuja. He said: “The judgment also demands that the election to be conducted should be all-inclusive and non-discriminatory.

“To this end, the electoral committee notified all members that no one is barred from participating in this election and in addition, the list of delegates that are eligible today is still the same list that was used for October 3, 2023 election in Ibadan, to ensure that all those suspended after the election are allowed to participate in this election.”
  
In his acceptance speech, the newly elected chairman, Egbon, thanked stakeholders in the union for ensuring the smooth conduct of the fresh election. 
  
Egbon restated his stance that the PTD would not sever its relationship with its umbrella body, the NUPENG while also offering an olive branch to its aggrieved members.
   
He said: “I give thanks to God Almighty for making this election possible for us again. I thank the security personnel for ensuring adequate security. I thank our leaders in NUPENG, who did all that was necessary to guarantee a smooth election.  He declared, “There is no faction in PTD, all of us are one. We are one, we are all products of NUPENG.”
  
National President of NUPENG, Williams Akporeha, also declared that “NUPENG has shown to the world that NUPENG, PTD is one. There is no division anywhere.”
 
He urged the newly elected officers on the high expectations expected of them to their members, urging them to remain dedicated, peaceful and organised to their members.

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