The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu; former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kolo Kyari; Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji and his Gombe State counterpart, Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya, are among dignitaries that will be honored at this year’s edition of ENERGY TIMES’ Award, taking place at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, 11th of April 2025.
Besides, corporate organizations such as VowGas Group, NIPCO Gas, will be honored as Local Content Company of the year as well as Most Integrated Gas Company of the year respectively.
Adelabu, who will lead the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) to the occasion, will be the Special Guest of Honour, also as an awardee.
Governor Abiodun OYEBANJI of Ekiti state will be honored as Energy Governor of the year for his unprecedented developmental energy projects he initiated in Ekiti state.
Kyari who spearheaded the turnaround of NNPCL from loss-making to a profit-making company, sustained competitiveness in the downstream and under whose watch Nigerian owned refineries roar to life will take the Man of the Year award while the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will be conferred with the life achiever of the Year award.
NMDPR’s Chief Executive, Engr. Ahmed Farouk, clinched the Transformational Leadership Award while Dr Kola Adesina, Group Managing Director, Sahara group will receive Energy Icon of the year, Mrs Mojisola Abdul, Chairman Mojec International will be honored with Entrepreneur of the year.
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Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Biodun Ogunleye is also expected as a special guest of honour.
Besides, MG Vowgas Group is among the Nigerian local companies to be honoured. The company whose Managing Director is Godwin Isomor, is will be honored as Local Content Company of the year for its unwavering efforts at ensuring that local content takes its proper footing in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. it has excelled in a number of projects in the industry.
.Godwin Isomor
Other awardees are Mrs Elohor Aiboni, as the Amazon of Nigeria’s Oil sector for her positive impacts and contributions to Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. She is the first female Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo).
Mr Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, Chief Executive Officer, First (First E&P), is the Industry Personality Of The Year for his impact, and immense contributions to Nigeria’s Oil and gas sub sector particularly, his recent appointment as Nigeria’s Governor for the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and subsequent appointment as Chairman of the Board of Governors for 2025.
Chief Chamberlain Oyibo is the Doyen of the Nigerian oil Industry while Dr. Daere Akobo, Chairman of PANA Holdings, the Visionary CEO of the year
MBH Power Limited is considered as the Most Integrated Energy Solution Company of the year and Comrade Festus Osifo is the Labour Leader Of TheYear. He is the 16th President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) as well as President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC).
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) is the Government Agency of the year.
Four oil industry players that have distinguished themselves in their areas of professions will be honored with Excellence awards. They are PETAN Chairman, Engr. Wole Ogunleye, NNPC Limited’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Mr Olufemi Soneye, Executive Chairman of Raffles Energies Ltd, Prof. Billy Okoye and the immediate past General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Company(NLNG), Mr Andy Odeh
MOMAS Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL) will receive the most Innovative Company of the Year award while Heirs Energies will be conferred with outstanding Oil & Gas company of the year.
Also, five long-standing subscribers to the newspaper will be appreciated at the event with certificates of recognition.
The awardees which were carefully selected based on their contributions in the energy sector include top industry players, organisations and government agencies whose contributions have impacted the economy and people’s lives positively.
According to a statement signed by the newspaper’s Editorial Board Chairman, Alhaji Yakubu Lawal, to make the event, being the maiden edition, a memorable one, a team of industry experts were constituted into a body of Advisers to deepen the content of the award.
Speaking further, Lawal said that this year’s award was meant to appreciate and recognize individuals and companies whose works had impacted people’s lives positively.
He said: “These subscribers, including an organisation, have in no small measure, stood by us in ENERGY TIMES from the beginning till date. We are impressed by their sacrifices and the trust they have in us.”
ENERGY TIMES started as a weekly newspaper and is today, a bi-weekly publication based in Lagos, the nation’s commercial and economic hub. It was established in March 2017, to fill the vacuum in in-depth Energy news analyses and reportage in Nigeria.
With a current subscribers’ base of 1,820 that cuts across the country and abroad, ENERGY TIMES has offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt.
