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The PENGASSAN Conundrum: Navigating Labor Rights and Economic Stability in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2025

By Humphrey Ofuegbe The recent strikes by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have significantly impacted the oil and gas industry, leading to a standstill that affects the overall economy. While labor unions are essential in advocating for

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Don’t Fight A War You Cannot Win; Dangote Can Decide Not To Sell One Litre Of Petrol To Nigeria -Ife

Daily Dispatch October 7, 2025

Professor Ken Ife, an economist, has argued that Dangote Group CEO Aliko Dangote holds all the cards in his conflict with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), warning that ordinary Nigerians—not the billionaire businessman—will suffer from the union’s strike action. Speaking during an interview with Channels TV, Professor Ife

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Dangote, NUPENG, PENGASSAN and public interest…

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Written for ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 5 October, 2025). Two of my ardent readers and friends prevailed on me to comment on the on-going scuffle between Dangote refinery on the one hand and the two Labour unions in the oil […]

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PENGASSAN Refuses to Endorse FG-Brokered Deal with Dangote

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2025

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has clarified that it did not endorse the agreement reached at a reconciliation meeting with Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, organized by the Federal Government. Union President Festus Osifo made this known during an appearance on Channels Television’s programme, The Morning

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BREAKING: FG announces end of PENGASSAN, Dangote rift.

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2025

According to the resolutions of the meeting, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) will call off its nationwide strike and Dangote will redeploy the over 800 sacked workers. A statement issued in the early hours of Wednesday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed that […]

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PENGASSAN Strike at Dangote Refinery Suspended by Court

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2025

The National Industrial Court in Abuja on Monday issued an interim injunction halting the ongoing nationwide strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) against Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. Presiding over the case, Justice Emmanuel Sublim stated that the industrial action was designed to disrupt the