On Sunday, the Federal Government finally started initiating serious efforts to resolve the feud between the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
The Minister of Labour and Employment Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, appealed to PENGASSAN to reconsider its proposed strike starting on Monday, September 29, 2025, over its dispute with Dangote Refinery
Umpire News reliably gathered that the Minister is putting everything in place for the feuding parties to sheathe swords in the interest of peace.
An anonymous source from the Ministry of Labour and Employment disclosed that the ministry is working to resolve issues between both parties amicably to avert a fuel crisis.
“The ministry is talking with the Dangote Refinery and the leadership of PENGASSAN and from the discussion, there is no alternative to peace,” the source said.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, said his Ministry has taken steps to bring both parties to a roundtable to stop their dispute from escalating further.
Dingyadi received that invitations have been extended to both the leadership of PENGASSAN and Dangote Refinery management to attend an emergency meeting in his office on Monday for the conciliation of their dispute.
He called on the leadership of PENGASSAN to withdraw the strike declaration, allowing his Ministry to conciliate the dispute in a peaceful atmosphere.
Dingyadi, in a statement issued by Patience Onuobia, Head, Information and Public Relations of the ministry, said, “The Ministry of Labour and Employment, through the Director of Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, has extended invitations to the leadership of PENGASSAN and the management of Dangote Refinery to attend a conciliation meeting in my office on Monday.
“I appeal to both parties to be mindful of the importance of the petroleum sector to the country, being the core of her economy. A strike will not only lead to heavy revenue losses by the country but also cause more hardship and difficulties for Nigerians. Consequentially, it will have adverse impacts, both on economic stability and national security.”
The Minister appealed to the feuding parties to give peace a chance, assuring them that the Federal Government would resolve the dispute amicably.
