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The Federal Government has waded into the concern situation betwixt the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the absorption of Dangote Refinery, pursuing the union’s declaration of a nationwide strike.
In a connection signed by the Head of Information and Public Relations successful the Ministry of Labour, Patience Onuobia, connected Sunday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, appealed to PENGASSAN to suspend its onslaught scheduled to statesman connected Monday, September 29, 2025.
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Dingyadi disclosed that his Ministry has invited some PENGASSAN enactment and Dangote Refinery absorption to an exigency conciliation gathering successful his bureau connected Monday.
He emphasised the request for dialog to forestall further escalation of the dispute.
“The Ministry of Labour and Employment, done the Director of Trade Union Services and Industrial 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 Minister stated.
He cautioned that concern enactment successful the lipid and state assemblage could person far-reaching consequences for the country’s system and stability.
“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,” Dingyadi warned.
While urging PENGASSAN to retreat its onslaught declaration, the Minister assured that the Federal Government was committed to resolving the quality successful the nationalist involvement and to the restitution of each parties involved.
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