"The decision came following a meeting between the management of Dangote Petroleum and government officials, Nigeria's Labor Ministry said. In a statement published on X, the Labor Ministry said the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has "agreed to start the process of calling off its strike... while Dangote starts the process of taking the disengaged staff to other companies within the Dangote Group, with no loss of pay.""
"The dispute between the PENGASSAN union and Dangote began last week when the union accused the company of firing 800 unionized workers and replacing them with 2,000 Indian workers. With a crude processing capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, Dangote is Africa's largest refinery. Last Friday, PENGASSAN said the workers had been fired for joining the union. Dangote refinery rebuffed this with officials saying at the time that the dismissals were part of a staff reorganization and accused those affected of acts of sabotage."
Government officials mediated between Dangote Petroleum management and PENGASSAN to end a two-day strike, with the union agreeing to begin calling off its action. Dangote will start placing disengaged staff in other companies within the Dangote Group without loss of pay. The dispute began after the union accused the company of dismissing 800 unionized workers and replacing them with 2,000 Indian workers. Dangote countered that the dismissals were part of a staff reorganization and accused some affected employees of sabotage. A separate fuel tanker drivers' union previously staged a strike over alleged anti-union hiring practices.
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