{"id":96404,"date":"2025-09-30T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96404"},"modified":"2025-09-30T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:36:00","slug":"nigerias-oil-union-orders-halt-of-gas-supply-to-dangote-refinery-over-mass-sackings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96404","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s oil union orders halt of gas supply to Dangote refinery over mass sackings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigeria\u2019s oil workers\u2019 union has ordered members to cut off gas supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, escalating a labour dispute after hundreds of workers were dismissed and threatening to disrupt fuel supply in Africa\u2019s most populous nation.<\/p>\n

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) directed branches at major oil firms to enforce an immediate halt to crude and gas deliveries to the refinery.<\/p>\n

The union accused Dangote management of \u201cmisinformation and propaganda\u201d instead of addressing the alleged wrongful disengagement of unionised employees, according to a letter dated September 26 seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n

The Dangote Refinery said on Friday it had\u00a0laid off\u00a0a small number of workers, citing sabotage in various units. That sparked criticism from an oil workers\u2019 union, which said over 800 Nigerian workers were fired and allegedly replaced with foreign nationals, mostly from India.<\/p>\n

DISPUTE ADDS FURTHER PRESSURE TO DANGOTE REFINERY<\/h2>\n

\u201cCrude oil supply valves to the refinery should be shut\u201d and loading of vessels headed there halted immediately, PENGASSAN General Secretary Lumumba Okugbawa wrote.<\/p>\n

Dangote Refinery said the dismissals were part of a reorganisation to improve safety and efficiency.<\/p>\n

It said late on Saturday that \u201cabsolutely no law gives PENGASSAN the right to direct its branches to \u2018cut off\u2019 gas and crude oil supplies to Dangote Refinery or at all,\u201d or to interfere or disrupt its contracts with vendors and suppliers.<\/p>\n

The dispute mounts pressure on the $20 billion refinery, which said it\u00a0would suspend\u00a0petrol sales in naira from September 28 due to crude supply shortfalls and foreign exchange mismatches. The move has raised concerns about rising fuel prices and further strain on Nigeria\u2019s fragile currency.<\/p>\n

PENGASSAN said chairs of union chapters at oil majors must \u201creport promptly the progress of the directive,\u201d signalling a coordinated shutdown could disrupt the country\u2019s fuel supplies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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