OYO GOVERNMENT CONGRATULATES TUC CHAIRMAN ON ELECTION AS PENGASSAN PRESIDENT

By: Muftau Fatimo
The Oyo State Government has congratulated the state Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro, on his emergence as the President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
The Acting Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal, described Olabiyi-Agoro’s emergence as a significant development for the association.
Lawal, in a statement issued in Ibadan by the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Media, Sulaimon Olarenwaju, said Olabiyi-Agoro’s wealth of experience, exposure and patriotism would contribute significantly to advancing PENGASSAN.
The Acting Governor also praised the TUC chairman as a worthy ambassador of Oyo State, noting that he had continued to distinguish himself as a pacesetter and uphold the values associated with the state.
The statement partly read, “Governor Makinde is delighted that a leading Labour unionist in the state, who has worked with the administration towards instituting better welfare package for the workforce, has emerged as leader of a foremost trade union group like PENGASSAN.
“I have just been informed that the state chairman of TUC, Olabiyi-Agoro, has emerged as the President of PENGASSAN. This is another positive development and a testament to the excellence that our great state has been renowned for over the years. I congratulate Olabiyi-Agoro, a man of purpose, whose commitment to labour unionism and workers’ advancement has never been disguised, on emerging as the President of PENGASSAN
His emergence as president is a positive development for the association, and I have no doubt that he will bring his wealth of experience to bear on moving the association forward. While celebrating him, I want to equally restate that the Makinde administration will continue to work harmoniously with labour unions and their leaders in the state with a view to achieving the objective of delivering better welfare to workers and good governance to the generality of the people,” Lawal, the Acting Governor assured in the statement.
