US EditionNigeria: Govt Wades Into Dangote, PENGASSAN Dispute As Union Begins Strike Action
PENGASSAN demands reinstatement of over 800 dismissed workers and orders suspension of all supplies and vessel operations at Dangote Refinery to protest alleged anti-labour actions.
- On Saturday, PENGASSAN instructed its members across the country to immediately stop delivering gas and crude oil to Dangote Petroleum Refinery and to suspend all vessel loading activities.
- The directive followed Dangote Refinery's dismissal of over 800 workers who joined the union, which the union said violated their constitutional right to unionize.
- PENGASSAN mandated the Nigerian Gas Infrastructure Company Chairman to enforce cutting gas supply immediately and required all branch chairmen to report progress regularly.
- The refinery justified the sackings as a reorganization to prevent sabotage, but the union accused management of spreading misinformation and urged dialogue to resolve the issue.
- The shutdown order threatens to disrupt Dangote Refinery's operations and signals escalating tensions between the union and the refinery management over labor rights.
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Nigeria: Govt Wades Into Dangote, PENGASSAN Dispute As Union Begins Strike Action
The federal government yesterday waded into the face-off between the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), which, other things being equal, was expected to commence an industrial action in the early hours of this morning.
Nigeria's oil union orders halt of gas supply to Dangote refinery over mass sackings
Nigeria's oil workers' union has ordered its members to cut off gas supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, escalating a labour dispute after the dismissal of hundreds of Nigerian workers.
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Lay-off: PENGASSAN halts gas, crude supply to Dangote...
The rift between Dangote Refinery and members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Saturday deepened as the union directed its members to cut off crude oil and gas supplies to the refinery. Specifically, PENGASSAN in a letter signed by its General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa and sent to all its branch chairmen in key upstream and midstream oil companies, the union said the directive takes immediate …
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