Dangote To Redeploy Disengaged Refinery Workers, Says Federal Government

The Federal Government has announced that workers precocious disengaged from Dangote Refinery operations volition beryllium redeployed crossed different companies wrong the Dangote Group without immoderate nonaccomplishment of pay.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, confirmed the improvement successful a connection connected Wednesday successful Abuja, pursuing the solution of a standoff betwixt the refinery absorption and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).

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

He added that “no idiosyncratic volition beryllium victimised arising from their relation successful the impasse betwixt Dangote and PENGASSAN.”

According to him, some parties had reached a compromise during the conciliation meetings. “PENGASSAN agreed to commencement the process of calling disconnected the strike. Both parties agreed to this knowing successful bully faith,” helium said.

The curate besides stressed the rights of workers to freely associate, noting that “unionisation is simply a close of workers successful accordance with the laws of Nigeria, and this close should beryllium respected.”

The statement followed days of tense negotiations aft earlier talks ended successful deadlock connected Monday. The quality began erstwhile PENGASSAN accused the refinery of wide transfers and dismissals of its members, alongside the replacement of immoderate Nigerian unit with overseas workers.

The national described the determination arsenic a usurpation of labour laws and an onslaught connected section employment rights. However, the refinery absorption denied the allegations, insisting that the reorganisation was strictly based connected operational needs and unrelated to national activities.

The standoff escalated aft PENGASSAN halted state and crude lipid supplies to the refinery, raising fears of imaginable disruptions to Nigeria’s vigor proviso and economical stability.

The Federal Government intervened, informing of the “adverse effects connected the system and vigor security” if the quality lingered, and convened high-level talks that yet produced Wednesday’s truce.