Comrade Mujahid Zaitawa, the Coordinator of the Northern Youth Merger Group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the leadership of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to desist from actions capable of crippling the operations of the Dangote Refinery, warning that such moves are dangerous to Nigeria’s…
President Bola Tinubu has appealed for restraint and “a deeper sense of patriotism” in the industrial dispute between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, Tinubu urged both labour and the private sector to…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has cautioned that the ongoing strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) could amount to economic sabotage and further weaken the country’s fragile economy. NECA’s Director-General, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said while unions had the right to strike,…
Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Subilim of the National Industrial Court in Abuja has restrained the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from embarking on its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. The interim order, granted on Monday following an ex-parte motion by Dangote Refinery, also bars the Nigerian…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services following the sack of over 800 Nigerian workers at the Dangote Refinery. Mr Lumumba Okugbawa, PENGASSAN’s General Secretary, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. He said the directive…
The newly established Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) College of Petroleum and Energy Studies in Kaduna has been described as Nigeria’s “Harvard” of oil and gas. The commendation came from Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) President, Festus Osifo, who led a delegation to the facility on Wednesday. Osifo praised the…
Nigeria’s refinery troubles stem from entrenched political interference and corruption rather than a shortage of skilled manpower, the country’s leading oil and gas union has said. Speaking at the 4th PENGASSAN and Labour Summit in Abuja, Festus Osifo, President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), argued that refinery workers…
Nigeria’s leading oil and gas workers’ union has urged the federal government to adopt a private-sector-led model for the nation’s moribund refineries, warning that political interference continues to undermine efficiency. Speaking in Abuja at the 4th PENGASSAN and Labour Summit, union president Festus Osifo said the government should mirror the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)…
Nuhu Toro, Secretary, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nuhu Toro, has appealed to the Federal Government to pay all the unions’ entitlement yet to be paid since February. The unions are: Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN); Construction Workers Association; Kaduna zonal Council of PENGASSAN, among others. Toro made the appeal on…
