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PENGASSAN Fires Back at Shettima Over His Defence of Dangote

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Vice President Kashim Shettima’s remarks denouncing its industrial action over a dispute with the Dangote refinery have drawn criticism from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. On Monday, PENGASSAN informed the media that if its members were fired once more, it would adopt the same course of action. During a protest in Kaduna, some people accused PENGASSAN of trying to damage the Dangote refinery. Due to claims that the Dangote refinery fired 800 employees who joined the union, PENGASSAN closed vital oil and gas facilities last…

NNPCL Counts Cost of Strike as PENGASSAN Ends Industrial Action

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Bashir Ojulari, the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has expressed regret over the losses in gas and crude output brought on by the three-day strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. Ojulari wrote to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to explain that the country experienced a 20% power supply shortage and a 16% oil production and 30% marketed petrol loss as a result of the suspended strike. The National…

NUPENG Shuts Down Depots Amid Stalled Talks with FG, Dangote

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Despite the Federal Government’s role in promoting reconciliation through the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Productivity, negotiations between the leadership of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and representatives of Dangote Petroleum Refinery continued for several hours on Monday night. This occurred on Monday as NUPENG officials halted fuel loading operations at petroleum depots across the country in protest of Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s purported ban on worker unionism. Despite intentions for all parties to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to immediately resolve the protracted conflict, the meeting,…

PENGASSAN Joins NUPENG, Threatens Dangote Refinery Shutdown

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In support of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers’ efforts to unionize tanker drivers and all other workers at the Dangote refinery and its affiliated businesses, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has expressed solidarity. In response to claims that the Dangote refinery intended to prevent the drivers hired for its 4,000 trucks from joining the union, NUPENG announced its decision to cease loading fuel today. “On behalf of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, we are writing to…