Solomon Okpithe: A Man of Integrity

“Real Integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not”-Opray Winfrey

Engineer Solomon Okpithe is the Managing Director of First Energy Technologies Services Limited and one of the reputable grassroots philanthropists in Nigeria, helping to keep the less-privileged alive through his God-given resources.

His meekness in life has played a large role in his engineering career over the years. He is popularly called by his friends and admirers as”Baba Deep”. His creative legacies are worthy to be emulated in the comity of friends and mentees. His global repute in oil and gas sector cannot be taken for granted as a result of his cognate experience in that sector over the years.

Engineer Okpithe was born early 50s in Ondo State to a humble family of Mr and Mrs Okpithe Ekpala of Ozoro Kingdom at Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.

He went to Modern Trades School (Technical College) Warri,Delta State in 1971 and later proceeded to City and Guilds London Institute London,1986 for his National Diploma(ND) and Higher National Diploma(HND),and thereafter obtained his Higher National Diploma(HND) in Full Technological certificate 1989 and 1990 respectively.

As a man that has passion for education, he further went to the University of Lagos(UNILAG) for his Advanced Diploma in Computer Engineering in 1997 and Adekunle Ajasin University,Ondo State for his Masters Degree(MBA) in Management.

To him, education is the priority of a man in life ,so he decided to attend further advanced courses on Centre for Management Development(CMD) Lagos in 1985,Ahmadu Bello University Zaria 1993,University of Calabar 1994,Michael Imodu Institute of Strategic Studies IIorin 1995,University of Jos 1996,Nigeria Institute of Management Enugu(NIM) 1997,Siblings and Associates; Benue State University 1998;Yaba College of Technology 1999 and University of Calabar 2000 and Yaba College of Technology 2001.

Engineer Solomon Okpithe worked with Five Star and Bhojsons Industries (Texile) for 28 consecutive years and headed various capacities like Supervisor Engineer and Deputy Chief Engineer and later worked with some renowned Tank Farms in Lagos where he served as Operations Manager.

He is a guru in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. As a man that is birthed with activism, he served as a Trade Union activist for more than 16years and became the National Treasurer of Senior Staff Association of (Texile).He was among the first people that inaugurated the Trade Union Congress(TUC) of Nigeria. He is a member of Association of Supervisory and Executive Engineers London(ASEE).

In spite of his high profile achievements in the private sector, but still has love for community development(Grassroots).He served as a Treasurer,chaiman of his branch, President of Ozoro Progress Union(OPU) and now as the 2nd Vice President of Isoko Development Union(IDU) Lagos State branch. He has received over 9 meritorious awards from different organizations in Nigeria and beyond. He is happily married to a beautiful wife, blessed with lovely children and grandchildren.

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Articles by Godday Odidi