Dangote/PENGASSAN face-off: FG moves to broker truce

• Appeals to PENGASSAN to shelve strike

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

Indications emerged connected Sunday that the Federal Government is making superior efforts to resoluteness the feud betwixt the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN.

Already, the Minister of Labour and Employment Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has appealed to PENGASSAN to reconsider its projected onslaught starting connected Monday, September 29, 2025, implicit its quality with Dangote Refinery

Vanguard reliably gathered that the Minister has enactment everything successful spot for the warring parties to sheathe their swords successful the involvement of peace.

A highly placed authorities root told Vanguard that officials from the Ministry of Labour and Employment are moving to resoluteness the contentious issues amicably for a peaceful solution of the situation betwixt the 2 parties.

According to the source, authorities officials purpose to impact each parties successful their efforts to resoluteness the feud.

“The ministry is talking with the Dangote Refinery and the enactment of PENGASSAN and from the discussion, determination is nary alternate to peace,” the root said.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has made a passionate entreaty to PENGASSAN to shelve the projected strike, which is expected to commence today.

The Minister said his Ministry has taken steps to bring some parties to a roundtable to halt their quality from escalating further.

Dingyadi disclosed that invitations person been extended to some the enactment of PENGASSAN and Dangote Refinery absorption to be an exigency gathering successful his bureau connected Monday for the conciliation of their dispute.

He called connected the enactment of PENGASSAN to retreat the onslaught declaration, allowing his Ministry to conciliate the quality successful a peaceful atmosphere.

Speaking further, Dingyadi, successful a connection issued by Patience Onuobia, Head, Information and Public Relations of the ministry, said: “The Ministry of Labour and Employment, done the Director of Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, has extended invitations to the enactment of PENGASSAN and the absorption of Dangote Refinery to be a conciliation gathering successful my bureau connected Monday.

“I entreaty to some parties to beryllium mindful of the value of the petroleum assemblage to the country, being the halfway of her economy. A onslaught volition not lone pb to dense gross losses by the state but besides origin much hardship and difficulties for Nigerians. Consequentially, it volition person adverse impacts, some connected economical stableness and nationalist security.”

The Minister urged the feuding parties to springiness bid a chance, assuring them that the Federal Government would resoluteness the quality amicably to the restitution of each the parties progressive and successful the nationalist interest.

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