Peter Esele
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Peter Esele was born on July 24, 1972, in Edo State Nigeria. He is a unionist. Esele was the president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC)[1] for two terms from March 2007- June 2013.[2][3] He also served as president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from April 2006 to 2008.[4] He was president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from Dec 2005 to Apr 2006, and was PENGASSAN deputy president from April 2005 to December 2005.[5]
Esele served as a board member of several Federal Government agencies and parastatals, and was one of the 2016 Edo gubernatorial aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) who jostled to succeed Adams Oshiomhole, the then governor of the state.[6]
Esele had played roles in the following sectors of government and private business: Member of the Subsidy Re-investment Program Committee (SURE-P), Member of the Constitutional Review Committee, Chairman, Profund Properties Nig. Ltd, Member of the Post Presidential Election Violence Committee, Director at Trustfund Pensions Plc, Member of Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Member of National Stakeholder Working Group (NSWG) and Board member, Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
Education[edit]
Peter Esele attended Salvation Army Primary School, Agadaga Mixed Secondary School, and Edokpolor Grammar School for his Senior Secondary School Certificate in Benin-City at Edo State. Using his technical skills, Esele went on to work for an American Oil Company in Nigeria and rose through the ranks. He later obtained a B.A. Mass Communications from Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State. Peter Esele is an advocate of technical education as this guarantees the sustenance of many without formal education.[7][8]
As a prodigious learner, Esele attended several local and foreign strategic courses and workshops including: Strengthening Trade Unions for the Challenges in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry, Abuja, Nigeria; June 2005, Special Programme on the Trade Union Strategic Planning and Leadership at Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Ilorin, Nigeria; June 2005. Trade Union Administration and Leadership Strategy, National Labour College, Silver Spring Maryland, U.S.A.; November - December 2005. Managing Workplace Conflict and Certification in Mediation at Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A; November–December 2006. United States Visitors Exchange Program by United States of America State Department, U.S.A; August - September 2007. Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management, Wharton Business College, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A; October - November 2012. High Potential Leadership Training, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, May 2013.
Political appointments[edit]
Esele was appointed by former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as a member of the Subsidy Re-investment Program Committee (SURE-P).[9] He was also on the Constitutional Review Committee inaugurated on November 17, 2011, by President G. E. Jonathan.[10] Esele was a member of the 2011 Post Presidential Election Violence Committee, and a member of Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI). He was also appointed by President Jonathan to the National Stakeholder Working Group (NSWG) and as board member of Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). Diezani Allison-Madueke,[11] former Minister of Petroleum Resources appointed Peter Esele as a Member Of Special Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) Task Force to further facilitate the quick passage of the bill.[12] Esele was also a delegate at the 2014 National Conference.[13][14]
References[edit]
- ^ Esele, Peter (5 March 2007). "Esele, PENGASSAN boss, emerges TUC President". Unionist. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
- ^ "Esele, PENGASSAN boss, emerges TUC President". nm.onlinenigeria.com. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ Esele, Peter (July 6, 2013). "Peter Esele: Labour leader in his own class". News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Kumolu, Charles; Enogholase, Gabriel (2016-02-06). "EDO 2016: I want to enjoy this journey - Esele". Vanguard News.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "My plan is to make grassroots people access good governance - Esele - BusinessDay : News you can trust". 28 February 2016.
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- ^ "SURE-P members did not award contracts – Peter Esele • Channels Television".
- ^ "Jonathan inaugurates constitutional amendment committee - Vanguard News". 18 November 2011.
- ^ Esele, Peter (January 18, 2012). "Nigeria: Labour Leader, Peter Esele, Gets Federal Appointment". PIB. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2012 – via news.
- ^ "Diezani Allison-Madueke Appointed TUC President, Peter Esele, 7 Others Members of Special Petroleum Industry Bill Task Force". Modernghana.com. 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ Esele, Peter (March 6, 2014). "LIST OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES". TUC. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ Taiwo, Juliana (October 18, 2014). "Confab report at the mercy of NASS, says ex-TUC boss, Peter Esele". Juliana Taiwo. Retrieved October 18, 2014.