No Going Back On Monday’s Strike – NUPENG

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, says that it is going connected its planned onslaught connected Monday, September 8, 2025, since Dangote Refinery and its absorption mean to bring slavery into the Nigerian workforce.

The national stated this successful a connection released connected Sunday, signed by Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olufemi, President and General Secretary.

However, stakeholders similar the Petrol Tanker Drivers and the Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association, DTCDA, person frowned astatine the planned protest.

However, successful an update connected Sunday, NUPENG insisted that Dangote-sponsored groups cannot forestall its planned onslaught action.

According to NUPENG, DTCDA is the genitor institution created by Alhaji Sayyu Aliu Dantata and Alhaji Aliko Dangote for the 10,000 CNG trucks they are importing.

It besides rubbished the assertion that DTCDA is an authorised national for tanker drivers.

“For the accusation of the public, the DTCDA is the relation which the Dangote Group of Companies has formed for drivers to articulation compulsorily, alternatively than allowing drivers to articulation NUPENG, which is the lone statutorily recognised national authorised to unionise petroleum tanker drivers.

“Slavery ended centuries ago, but immoderate unscrupulous capitalists are making efforts to bring it back. Any idiosyncratic who cannot workout the close of relation is nary amended than a slave.

“Ordinary Nigerians should neither promote nor enactment slavish moving conditions,” parts of the connection read.

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