Breaking: Dangote, PENGASSAN meeting ends in deadlock

By Victor Ahiuma-Young

The Federal Government’s efforts to broker bid betwixt the absorption of Dangote Refinery, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, implicit the alleged wide sack of national members ended successful a deadlock connected Monday night.

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The meeting, which commenced astatine astir 3: 30 p.m. astatine the Minister of Labour and Employment’s Conference Hall successful Abuja, stretched into the precocious hours.

However, it broke up fewer minutes aft midnight without immoderate agreement.

Meanwhile, Vanguard gathered that talks are expected to reconvene astatine 2p.m. today, September 30.

The Federal Government, disquieted astir the imaginable interaction of the quality connected the nation’s system and vigor security, had summoned some sides to the negotiating array pursuing reports of wide discontent.
The rift stems from allegations by PENGASSAN that Dangote Refinery had embarked connected the wide transportation and sack of national members, allegedly replacing immoderate Nigerians with overseas nationals, a assertion the institution has consistently denied.
At the meeting, PENGASSAN was led by its President, Festus Osifo, alongside the General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Nuhu Toro.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mohammad Dingyadi, led the authorities delegation, portion Dangote Refinery was represented by elder absorption officials.
The session, primitively scheduled for 2:00 p.m., began astir 3:50 p.m. owed to the precocious accomplishment of cardinal stakeholders, earlier moving into a closed-door treatment that lasted respective hours.
In his opening remarks, Dingyadi underscored the gravity of the situation: “What’s happening contiguous is precise beloved to our system and to the information of the country. We person been informed that PENGASSAN is connected strike.”
The Minister appealed to some parties to show bully religion successful dialogue, stressing that concern bid successful the lipid and state assemblage was captious astatine a clip Nigeria is banking connected the Dangote Refinery to boost section refining capableness and trim dependence connected imported petroleum products.
The deadlock means hostility remains high, with PENGASSAN insisting its members volition not instrumentality to enactment until alleged anti-labour practices are reversed, portion Dangote Refinery maintains that its restructuring workout is successful enactment with planetary champion practices.
As the stalemate lingers, concerns are mounting astir the imaginable disruption of operations astatine the refinery and the ripple effect connected petroleum merchandise proviso crossed the country.
The adjacent circular of talks aboriginal contiguous is expected to find whether a compromise tin beryllium reached to avert a full-blown concern situation successful Nigeria’s lipid and state industry.

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