Tag: PENGASSAN

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…

PENGASSAN-Dangote Feud Drags Power Supply Below 4,000MW on Day 2

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On Tuesday morning, as the second day of the oil and gas workers’ strike over a dispute with Dangote Petroleum Refinery began, Nigeria’s power supply dropped below the 4,000 megawatt mark. The $20 billion Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are at odds over the company’s alleged 800 employee layoffs. Grid supply checks revealed that load allocation to power distribution companies had decreased to 3,656MW as of 7 a.m., from 4,320MW the day before. Ikeja Electric received 530MW, Abuja DisCo received 537MW,…

Ndume to Tinubu: Only a Dictator’s Hand Can Settle PENGASSAN-Dangote Face-Off

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In order to settle the continuing conflict between the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South has urged President Bola Tinubu to issue an executive order. Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Monday, Ndume stated that he would not object if the president took authoritarian measures to put a stop to the turmoil brought on by the purported firing of 800 refinery workers. “It would be ideal if the president issued an executive order cancelling them.…

FG Moves to Avert Fuel Crisis, Assures Supply Stability

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In response to worries about the Naira-for-crude oil deal and conflicts surrounding the Dangote Refinery, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FG)  promised Nigerians on Sunday that the supply of refined petroleum products would not be disrupted. The government emphasised that energy security and stability in the downstream oil industry remained a high priority in a statement released by the Ministry of Finance following a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Domestic Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales in Local Currency Initiative. The recent rumours that the Dangote Refinery had…

Dangote ‘Fumes’ as PENGASSAN Orders Refinery Shutdown

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The $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery is experiencing a severe labour crisis as a result of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ordering its members from seven different oil and gas companies to stop supplying the enormous facility with gas and crude oil. However, the refinery criticised the decision, calling it economic, criminal, and unlawful sabotage. The 800 workers who were fired for exercising their constitutional right to join PENGASSAN, according to the union, are at the centre of the situation. The refinery allegedly brought in…

PENGASSAN Strike Threatens Nationwide Blackout, Gas-Powered Plants Face Shutdown

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Power generation companies have warned of an impending shutdown of thermal facilities in response to directions from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ( PENGASSAN) , which might result in a statewide blackout starting Monday. In a WhatsApp message on Sunday, Joy Ogaji, the Executive Secretary of the Association of Power Generating Companies, expressed concern about the impending blackout. In accordance with PENGASSAN’s strike resolution, she disclosed that gas providers had sent out letters to stop supplying thermal power plants. “Good morning, everybody. Our gas suppliers…

Sacked workers: PENGASSAN threatens to picket Dangote refinery

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In response to the purported dismissal of 800 employees who joined the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), the organisation has threatened to protest the Dangote plant. According to the association, the corporation hired more than 2,000 Indian citizens to replace the workers Dangote laid off on Thursday. The Dangote refinery, however, claimed that just a small number of its employees were let off due to repeated instances of sabotage. The company’s management told our reporter in a statement provided on Friday that this was a…

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…