The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has berated the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), accusing the union of decades-long sabotage of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector and serving the interests of its leaders rather than ordinary Nigerians. In a statement issued at the weekend, the refinery described PENGASSAN’s latest directive…
Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has taken a dig at the activities of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), asking the president and secretary of the union to resign immediately. Tanker drivers called on the duo, Comrades Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawale as the president and secretary of NUPENG to immediately tender their…
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has approved an interim injunction restraining the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association from embarking on any industrial action or compelling other truck drivers to join. The court also restrained NUPENG and others from blocking Nigerian roads or frustrating or…
Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Wednesday, cautioned labour unions and stakeholders in the oil industry against what he described as a growing attempt to demonise Dangote Refinery. His intervention follows the face-off between the management of Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, as well as the Depot and…
‘ The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Monday, mocked the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) for warning Nigerians against accepting Dangote Refinery’s recent fuel price reduction. Dangote had announced lower petrol pump prices in several states alongside a new scheme to deploy compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks directly to…
Nigerians from all walks of life have overwhelmingly backed Dangote Refinery’s 10,000 CNG truck initiative against organised labour, particularly Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers’ strike threat. They also criticised and accused NUPENG of protecting vested interests at the expense of progress and citizens’ socio-economic benefits. The standoff between the investor, Dangote and…
The Federal Government has directed the management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to fully implement the September 9 agreement guaranteeing workers’ right to join a union of their choice. The directive followed the Department of State Services’ (DSS) second intervention in four days…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike over its face-off with the Dangote Group. NUPENG had on Monday declared a nationwide industrial action to protest the refusal of the Dangote Group to allow its workers to join the union, particularly NUPENG. It was gathered that the…
To avert nationwide planned strike, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, has summoned the management of Dangote group and the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to an emergency meeting today (Monday). This is in a frantic effort to halt the planned nationwide strike over alleged anti-union…
Mass Action Against Economic Saboteurs (MAAES) has cautioned the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) against destabilising the country with its planned strike action. Recall NUPENG had threatened a nationwide strike over Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s plan to deploy 4,000 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered trucks for fuel distribution. NUPENG said that its members…
