Court Stops PENGASSAN’s Strike Against Dangote Refinery

Posted by African Examiner Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Monday, September 29th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court sitting successful Abuja has contiguous (Monday) issued an interim bid stopping the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from continuing with its nationwide concern enactment against the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE.

 Justice Emmanuel Sublim, presiding implicit the matter, granted the bid connected Monday saying the onslaught meant to disrupt the operations of the Refinery by cutting crude and state supplies to it, was susceptible of causing superior harm to the nation’s system and truthful the Association should halt forthwith.

 The determination of the tribunal was consequent upon an ex-parte exertion filed by the Refinery’s counsel, Mr. George Ibrahim, SAN.

 In the aforesaid vein, the tribunal arsenic restrained cardinal regulatory bodies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) from enforcing immoderate directive by PENGASSAN to halt crude lipid and state proviso to the refinery.

 In his ruling, Justice Sublim said the tribunal agreed with the Refinery’s submission that the onslaught could origin irreparable harm if not promptly addressed.

 He emphasized the request to support the presumption quo pending the determination of the substantive motion.

 The tribunal further directed that the restraining bid and suit beryllium served connected each defendants without delay. The substance has been adjourned till October 13 for proceeding of the question connected notice.

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