The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu; the 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 honoured at this year’s edition of ENERGY TIMES’ Award, to be held at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, April 11, 2025.
Adelabu, who will lead the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) to the occasion, will be the Special Guest of Honour, also as an awardee.
Kyari is expected to lead top Nigerian oil and gas players to the event. The NNPCL boss, who has spearheaded the turnaround of NNPCL from a 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 the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will be conferred with the life achiever of the Year award.
NMDPR’s Chief Executive, Ahmed Farouk, clinched the Transformational Leadership Award, while the Group Managing Director of Sahara Group, Dr. Kola Adesina, will receive the Energy Icon of the Year. Also, the Chairman of Mojec International, Mrs Mojisola Abdul, will be honoured with Entrepreneur of the Year.
Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Biodun Ogunleye, is also expected as a special guest of honour.
Four oil industry players who have distinguished themselves in their areas of the profession will be honoured with excellence awards. They are PETAN Chairman, 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 of External Relations and Sustainable Development of NLNG, Mr. Andy Odeh, will also be honoured, while 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, among other awardees.
Speaking further, Lawal said that this year’s award was meant to appreciate and recognise individuals and companies whose works had impacted people’s lives positively.
