The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has tackled the presidency over comments by Vice President Kashim Shettima condemning its industrial action over a rift with the Dangote refinery. PENGASSAN told our correspondent yesterday that it would take same action if its members were sacked again, reports The PUNCH. This ...
•Osifo and Dangote The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has clarified that it did not sign the communiqué that ended its recent strike against Dangote Refinery. The union suspended its nationwide strike yesterday after government intervention, but insisted its concerns were not fully addressed. Appearin...
•Dangote By IRVING ZULU Nigeria woke up once again to the unsettling drama of the Dangote Refinery. First, the company abruptly suspended the sale of petrol in naira, citing “unsustainable volumes” that supposedly exceeded its crude allocation. So, he wanted to sell his fuel in American dollars! to Nigerians, in Nigeria. Very strange. Thank Go...
After over nine hours of intense negotiations, the high-level conciliation meeting between the federal government, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), and the Dangote Group ended in a deadlock late last night, leaving the fate of over 800 sacked workers hanging in the balance and the ongoing nationwid...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has intervened in the ongoing rift between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the oil unions — the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The oi...
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has urged the Dangote Refinery to adopt an open-door supply policy and provide marketers with fair access to petroleum products at reasonable prices. Speaking on Channels Television today , DAPPMAN spokesperson Ikem Ohia argued that partnership with the Refinery would ...
•Aliko Dangote and CNG truck The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, today, 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 compr...
•Dangote trucks The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has expressed concern over the tensions generated by the confrontation between the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). The marketers, however, stressed the need to douse the tensions in the in...
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has accused the Dangote Petroleum Refinery of sponsoring division within its Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch, resisting workers’ rights to unionisation, and deploying what it described as “falsehoods” to undermine the union. NUPENG also accused the company of using a “Greek gift” of free n...
•Dangote CNG tankers for fuel distribution The Dangote refinery is set to commence its free fuel distribution scheme on Monday, starting with Lagos, the South West, Abuja, Kwara, Delta, Rivers, and Edo, respectively. According to the Dangote Group spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, the scheme will bring relief to millions of Nigerians by providin...

