The NNPC Towers came alive with song, prayers, and cake as staff paused their day to honour Patience Morgan on her birthday.
Her 48th birthday marked nearly three decades of service and resilience.
Patience joined NNPC in the late 1990s as a 20-year-old tea lady, back when the Towers had yet to be fully furnished.
“There were no desks, chairs or furniture and we would stand all day…but I liked the work,” she recalled with her signature electric smile. Over time, she trained hundreds of tea ladies and became the very first to serve in the Towers.
Her dedication soon turned simple service into a story of growth. In 2005, she was elevated to the 11th floor, the executive level, where she has worked for 20 years with no fewer than 15 Group Chief Executive Officers.
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She also overcame personal fears—her first encounter with elevators once terrified her but later became a source of amusement.
Her journey at NNPC has been deeply personal. “I came here as a young, single girl. I got married here to a pastor…This job and the grace of God helped me train all my five children,” she said, her words slipping into prayer. Today, three of her children are university graduates while the younger two are still in secondary school.
Beyond a career, she insists NNPC has given her a family. “My children are brilliant and by God’s grace, one of them will work for NNPC,” she said with pride. Asked what keeps her going, she replied simply: “The people. The kind, hardworking people.”
On her birthday, she arrived in a lovely outfit, cake in hand, intending only to thank her colleagues and record a short message for the current GCEO, Bayo Bashir Ojulari.
What she didn’t expect was a surprise—Ojulari himself requested to join her for a photo after learning it was her special day, sealing the celebration with a gesture she will never forget.?
Crediblenewsng.
