Govt Steps In To Resolve Oil Union, Dangote Refinery Row

The national authorities has summoned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and Dangote Refinery absorption to a reconciliation gathering today, Monday, to avert the nationwide onslaught declared by lipid workers.

The determination comes arsenic the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has thrown its value down the onslaught planned by lipid workers protesting against the sacking of implicit 800 employees by Dangote Refinery.

Private assemblage stakeholders person called for ineligible remedies amid the crisis, portion Dangote warns the struggle could trigger substance scarcity crossed the country.

This is arsenic energy generating companies (GenCos) person confirmed that they person been notified of state proviso cuts to thermal plants, threatening a nationwide blackout.

The curate of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, yesterday, appealed to PENGASSAN to suspend its strike, scheduled to statesman today.

Dingyadi said the ministry had taken steps to bring the disputing parties unneurotic to forestall the struggle from deepening. He disclosed that invitations had been extended to some sides to conscionable successful his bureau connected Monday.

“The Ministry of Labour and Employment, done the manager of commercialized national services and concern 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,” the curate said.

“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,” helium added.

The curate further assured Nigerians that the national authorities was committed to resolving the quality successful a peaceful and just manner.

“We impulse some parties to springiness bid a chance, arsenic the authorities volition resoluteness the substance successful the involvement of each stakeholders and the federation astatine large,” helium said.

Power Generation Firms Get Notice Of Gas Supply Cut

A nationwide blackout is looming arsenic the powerfulness generating companies (GenCos) said they whitethorn beryllium forced to unopen down their thermal plants pursuing onslaught directives from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).

The enforcement caput of the Association of Power Generating Companies, Dr. Joy Ogaji, confirmed the improvement successful a connection to stakeholders connected Sunday. She revealed that state suppliers had already issued notices to halt proviso to thermal powerfulness stations successful compliance with the union’s directive.

LEADERSHIP’s checks uncover that thermal powerfulness plants presently make astir 20 per cent of the powerfulness connected the nationalist grid.

“Thermal GenCos person received notification from our state suppliers to unopen down our thermal powerfulness plants pursuing directives from PENGASSAN. The Nigerian Gas Infrastructure Company has specifically requested GenCos to comply,” Ogaji stated.

She cautioned that hydroelectric dams unsocial cannot prolong the nationalist grid, informing of “imminent darkness” if the onslaught proceeds.

The informing comes soon aft PENGASSAN announced plans to statesman an indefinite nationwide onslaught connected Monday implicit the dismissal of much than 800 workers astatine the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

After an exigency NEC gathering connected Saturday, the national directed its members crossed the lipid and state assemblage to down tools until the dismissals were reversed.

Industry experts accidental the onslaught could paralyse crude production, substance supply, state distribution, and energy generation.

With thermal plants liable for implicit 70 per cent of Nigeria’s powerfulness supply, analysts fearfulness the shutdown whitethorn overwhelm hydro stations and trigger a full grid collapse.

 TUC Backs PENGASSAN

Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has declared afloat enactment for PENGASSAN successful the ongoing dispute, describing the sack of workers astatine the Dangote Refinery arsenic anti-worker and unconstitutional.

In a connection signed by its caput general, Comrade Nuhu Toro, the labour centre condemned the dismissal of workers for national membership, insisting it violated Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution and planetary labour standards.

“We basal successful afloat solidarity with the affected workers and with their union, our affiliate PENGASSAN, whose members person been victimised simply for declaring membership. Such actions magnitude to a nonstop battle connected Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution and connected Nigeria’s obligations nether International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions,” the connection read.

The TUC demanded the contiguous reinstatement...