Dangote to recall 800 sacked staff as PENGASSAN meets to suspend strike

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — AFTER respective hours gathering betwixt the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, implicit the feud betwixt the 2 parties and the sack of astir 800 unit of Dangote Refinery, it has been resolved that the disengaged unit should beryllium recalled and beryllium deployed to different companies wrong the Dangote Group.

The gathering for the truce was convened astatine the lawsuit of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and was sequel to to the announcement to halt state proviso to Dangote Petroleum Refinery and withdrawal of services by PENGASSAN.

The conciliation gathering was attended by the National Security Adviser, NSA, the Ministers of Labour and Employment, Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Budget and Economic Planning. Ministers of State for Labour and Employment, Petroleum Resources [Gas] represented by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

Also successful attendance astatine the meetings were the Directors-General of Department of State Service and the National Intelligence Agency,
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Chief Executives of NMDPRA and NUPRC, representatives of NNPCL.

The absorption of Dangote Group and the President and Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress, TUC and enactment of PENGASSAN attended the gathering that held connected Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th September, 2025.

In a communique aft the marathon gathering successful the bureau of the National Security Adviser, NSA, PENGASSAN agreed to commencement the process of calling disconnected the strike.

The communique signed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, besides stated that it was agreed that nary idiosyncratic that was progressive successful the situation should beryllium victimized.

It reads: “Whereas the enactment of PENGASSAN said that the directives fixed to halt the proviso of state to Dangote Petroleum and withdrawal of services was successful effect to the termination of assignment of implicit Eight Hundred members of PENGASSAN by the absorption of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, the absorption of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical connected the different hand, explained the crushed for disengagement of the workers was arsenic a effect of the ongoing reorganization successful the company.”

It further stated: “After a lengthy discussion, the substance was resolved arsenic follows:

“The Honourable Minister of Labour informed the gathering that unionisation is simply a close of workers successful accordance with the laws of Nigeria and that this close should beryllium respected.

“After examining the process utilized successful the disengagement of workers, the gathering agreed that the absorption of Dangote Group shall instantly commencement the process of taking the disengaged unit to different companies wrong the Dangote Group, with nary nonaccomplishment of pay.

“No idiosyncratic volition beryllium victimised arising from their relation successful the impasse betwixt Dangote and PENGASSAN. PENGASSAN agreed to commencement the process of calling disconnected the strike. Both parties agreed to this knowing successful bully faith”, the communique added.

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