•Festus Osifo and Aliyu Dangote The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has assured Nigerians that its proposed strike, scheduled for today, will not lead to petrol scarcity. The union had directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services over the alleged mass dismissal of Nigerian workers by the ...
The federal government has urged the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENSASSAN) to reconsider its proposed strike starting today over its dispute with Dangote Refinery. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, who made this plea yesterday, said his Ministry has taken steps to bring both parties to a ...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has condemned the plan by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to halt crude supply to the refinery. The management of the refinery described the planned action as a “brazen, albeit shocking, display of lawlessness and criminality” by PENGASSAN, reports Channels TV. It sai...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has ordered its members across key oil and gas companies to halt supply of crude oil and gas to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The order followed the alleged sack of 800 workers by Dangote Petroleum Refinery last Thursday, reports The Nation. In a memo […]
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has expressed displeasure over what it described as the anti-labour practices perpetuated by Dangote Refinery. PENGASSAN, in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, accused the private refinery of unjustly terminating the employment of over 800...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has declared solidarity with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers in the push for the unionisation of tanker drivers and all employees of the Dangote refinery and its allied companies. Recall that NUPENG had declared its intention to stop loading fuel today [&h...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has clarified the reasons independent marketers are unable to purchase petrol directly from Dangote Refinery. The association’s president, Festas Osifo, at a press conference in Lagos, yesterday, said the issue stems from a pricing disparity between the costs at whic...
•Fuel trucks President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo, today attributed the persistent fuel queues across the country to a weak distribution chain within the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. Speaking on the second day at the 3rd edition of the PENGASSAN Energy...
•Troops The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deploy more military personnel to the Niger Delta, to halt crude oil theft, and generate more revenue for the country. Comrade Festus Osifo President of PENGASSAN, made the call on the sidelines of the National Exec...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said the decision to float the nation’s currency is the major cause of the hardship, mass suffering, and other economic woes confronting the country, describing it as the worst economic decision-taking by the government. President of PENGASSAN, Engineer Felix Osi...
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