Dangote Petroleum Refinery has warned that the recent directive issued by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to cut crude oil and gas supplies to the refinery could plunge Nigerians into fresh rounds of fuel scarcity while inflicting huge revenue losses on the government. In a statement released on Saturday,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has ordered an immediate suspension of gas supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The latest development has escalated the growing labour dispute with the company. In a letter dated September 26 and signed by the union’s General Secretary, Comrade Lumumba…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused Dangote Refinery of unjustly terminating the appointment of 800 Nigerians in its workforce. The labour union, in a statement on Friday by its General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, accused the refinery of engaging in anti-labour practices. It also alleged that the management of…
Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery has laid off a number of its Nigerian employees, according to a letter from the company reportedly seen by Reuters and confirmed by officials of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The exact number of affected workers has not been independently verified. “Yes, it is true….