*Osifo, other union leaders mourn late ex-president, Johnson

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said it has taken measures to ensure that leadership succession will no longer cause disharmony within the union..

Speaking on Saturday, at a memorial to honour the late, immediate past president of PENGASSAN, Comrade Francis Olabode Johnson the national President of the union, Engr. Fetus Osifo said the union has effected a transitional amendment that allows the Vice President to automatically replace the President when his tenure elapses, so as to avoid undue contestation that usually arise.

In line with the union’s transition schedule, the tenure of the current national executive of PENGASSAN is expected to elapse in August when the will be holding a delegate conference to elect new national officers