Dangote, NUPENG Face-Off: Meeting deadlocked

By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — The gathering convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, to resoluteness the quality betwixt the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Group has ended successful a deadlock.

The talks, which sought to code disagreements implicit unionisation and related labour issues, collapsed aft some sides failed to scope statement connected cardinal demands.

Although the Dangote Group reportedly conceded to let workers astatine its refinery and petrochemical plants to articulation NUPENG, the drafting of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) became the large stumbling block.

According to insiders, the Dangote squad allegedly attempted to present clauses described arsenic “offensive,” which labour leaders feared could beryllium utilized against workers successful the lawsuit of concern action. This prompted the NUPENG delegation, supported by representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), to locomotion retired of the league twice.

The meeting, which began astatine astir 5:05 p.m., was attended by Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Rt. Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, and officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).

The Dangote Group was represented by Sayyu Cantata and Otunba Jibrin, portion NUPENG’s squad was led by its President, Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale. Also successful attendance were Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretary General, Dr. Nuhu Toro, and Shehu Mohammed, alongside NLC officials Benson Upah, Onyeka Chris, Echezona Azuzu, and Opaluwa Simon.

As of property time, the stalemate remained unresolved, raising concerns implicit the adjacent signifier of the standoff betwixt the lipid workers’ national and the concern giant.

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