Nigeria: Govt Resolves Dangote Refinery, PENGASSAN Face-Off
The Federal Government resolved a dispute over the dismissal of more than 800 union workers by Dangote Refinery, leading to strike suspension and worker redeployment without pay loss.
- On Wednesday, the Federal Government of Nigeria brokered a truce between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and Dangote Petroleum Refinery after a two-day conciliation meeting, a communiqué said.
- PENGASSAN says mass dismissals of over 800 members prompted the crisis, alleging Dangote Petroleum Refinery management replaced some Nigerians with foreign workers, claims the company denied as operational restructuring.
- Labour Minister Dr Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi said the deal guarantees reabsorption and protection against victimisation, with disengaged staff redeployed by Dangote Group management at no loss of pay.
- PENGASSAN agreed to begin calling off the strike, suspending the two-day strike that cut gas and crude supply to Dangote Refinery, with normal operations expected to resume.
- Earlier this week, the government intervened after talks collapsed on Monday, assembling security agencies and ministers including National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to protect energy supplies and uphold union rights.
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In Nigeria, the Association of Oil and Natural Gas Executives (Pengassan) suspended its strike on Wednesday, October 1, after obtaining guarantees on the reinstatement of 800 workers who had been laid off from the billionaire's mega-refinery Aliko Dangote in Lagos.
Nigeria: Govt Resolves Dangote Refinery, PENGASSAN Face-Off
After a conciliation meeting held on Monday and Tuesday, the Federal Government has brokered peace in the face-off between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
PENGASSAN Suspends Strike To Safeguard Nigeria’s Economic Stability
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike following government intervention in its industrial dispute with Dangote Group. The union said the decision was taken out of respect for national economic stability despite serious concerns about the sincerity of Dangote management in implementing the agreement brokered by […] The post PENGASSAN Suspends Strike to Safeguard Nigeria’s…
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