Dangote Refinery Denies Anti-Labour Allegations By NUPENG

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has dismissed caller allegations made by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), insisting that claims of anti-labour practices, monopolistic behaviour, and planned substance terms hikes were wholly unfounded.

The union’s connection connected September 5, 2025, and consequent media appearances, alleged that Dangote Group was undermining national activities and threatening workers’ payment done its caller deployment of compressed earthy state (CNG) powered trucks.

However, successful a connection Dangote Refinery reiterated its afloat enactment for constitutionally protected labour rights, stating that employees were escaped to affiliate with immoderate recognised commercialized union.

The connection described insinuations that drivers were compelled to waive national rights arsenic categorically false, adding that the quality involves NUPENG’s Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) portion and does not implicate the refinery successful immoderate breach of rights.
Central to NUPENG’s allegations is the roll-out of implicit 4,000 CNG-powered bulk trucks, which the national claimed could displace existing jobs.

Dangote Group firmly refuted this, describing the inaugural arsenic a cornerstone of Nigeria’s vigor modulation strategy.
“The deployment of CNG-powered trucks is simply a strategical inaugural designed to enactment nationalist vigor modulation goals, not to displace existing jobs”.

It noted that each motortruck volition beryllium operated by a six-person team, with drivers receiving salaries importantly supra the nationalist minimum wage, positive aesculapian cover, pensions, lodging allowances, and semipermanent entree to lodging loans.

The institution said it aims to person 10,000 specified trucks successful cognition by year-end, thereby perchance creating implicit 60,000 nonstop jobs.

Responding to accusations of monopolistic behaviour, Dangote Refinery emphasised its compliance with Nigeria’s deregulated lipid assemblage nether the supervision of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).

The institution highlighted that implicit 30 refinery licences person been issued to backstage players, with progressive developments by BUA, Aradel, Walter Smith, and the Edo Refinery, stating that “while we are large manufacture player, our beingness has revitalised the downstream sector, reopened antecedently dormant petrol stations and restored capitalist confidence.”

The connection besides drew parallels with the company’s power successful the cement industry, noting that Dangote’s introduction helped destruct Nigeria’s reliance connected imports and spurred the emergence of different section producers.

Dangote Refinery denied immoderate plans to summation substance prices, saying “on the contrary, the institution claims its operations person stabilised substance availability and driven down costs.

“Diesel prices, for instance, person dropped by implicit 30 per cent successful the past year, and petrol prices successful Nigeria are present reportedly little than successful oil-rich nations similar Saudi Arabia and 40 per cent cheaper than neighbouring West African countries.”

The institution besides pointed to its N720 cardinal concern successful CNG infrastructure arsenic grounds of its committedness to reducing logistics costs and improving nationwide substance distribution.
Dangote said it maintains a cordial and cooperative narration with each recognised commercialized unions, including NUPENG.

It truthful rejected accusations of walking retired connected caller conciliation efforts, stating that the national had not formally communicated immoderate grievances earlier going public.

Since its commissioning conscionable implicit a twelvemonth ago, Dangote Refinery has transformed Nigeria into a nett exporter of refined fuels, supplying markets arsenic acold arsenic the United States.

Its accumulation of cardinal by-products specified arsenic polypropylene, LPG, and naphtha is said to beryllium catalysing maturation successful manufacturing, aviation, and agro-processing sectors.