‎NUPENG THREATENS TO RESUME STRIKE, ACCUSES DANGOTE REFINERY OF BREACHING AGREEMENT

‎Barely 48 hours after the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers (NUPENG) suspended its strike action, the union has alleged
that the management of the Dangote Refinery had reneged on the
resolutions reached.
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‎In a statement jointly signed by its President and General Secretary,
Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawale, respectively, NUPENG warned
that it might resume the suspended industrial action following a breach
of the agreement reached between Dangote Refinery, the Federal
Government, and all truck drivers who are members of NUPENG-PTD.
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‎The union claimed that at a meeting convened by the Department of
State Services and attended by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and
representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the management
of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals agreed to the unionisation of its
employees.
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‎It further stated that, notwithstanding the resolution reached and signed
at the office of the DSS with three on the right of unionisation of the
workers, truck drivers who were NUPENG-PTD members for several
years were ordered to remove the union’s stickers from their trucks
yesterday.
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‎According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed at the
meeting, both parties agreed that unionisation is a right under extant
labour laws, and employees of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals
who wish to unionise would be allowed to do so.
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‎The MoU further stated that the process of unionisation would begin
immediately and be completed within two weeks.