Industry giants, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have emerged the overall winners of the 2020 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games concluded in Lagos at the weekend.
NNPC garnered 48 medals: 13 gold, 16 silver and 19 bronze medals.
Team Shell put up a spirited fight to finish a close second with 13 gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals, while NLNG placed third with six gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals.
Chevron equally put up a good showing with its athletes winning six gold, two silver and eight bronze medals.
Nigeria Agip Oil Company finished fifth with five gold, five silver and five bronze while ExxonMobil with four gold, four silver and one bronze finished sixth.
NNPC capped their historic return to the pinnacle of NOGIG with a cautious but effective display by their football team, which won the prestigious gold in the football event.
With the Minister of State, Ministry of Petroleum, Timpre Silva, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, and other top executives of various oil companies present, NNPC were able to contain the sleek-playing and enterprising DPR players.
Declaring the games closed, Silva said he was excited that despite the tight schedule of workers in the oil and gas sector, they still had the time to relax and compete in sports.
He acknowledged the efforts of the LOC and pledged that his ministry would continue to support every good initiative that would bring about a healthy workforce.
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