The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has announced the suspension of its industrial action, after signing an agreement with the Dangote Refinery.
NUPENG embarked on strike following the refusal of the Management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Limited to allow their employees to be unionized by registered labour unions.
However, at a conciliation meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment in Abuja, it was revealed in the course of discussion that the management has agreed with this fact and responded that they are not averse to the unionization of their employees by labour unions in tandem with the provisions of the extant labour laws.
After exhaustive deliberations, the following resolutions were reached by both parties:
“That since workers’ unionization is a right in line with the provisions of the extant laws, the management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals agreed to the unionization of employees of Dangote Refinery and unionization of employees of Petrochemicals, who are willing to unionize.
“That the process of unionization shall commence immediately and be completed within two weeks (9th – 22.4 September, 2025), and it was agreed that the employer will not set up any other union.
“Arising from the strike notice, no worker or employee of Dangote refinery and Petrochemical will be victimized.
“Parties will revert to the Honourable Minister of Labour a week after the conclusion of the engagement.”
Based on the MoU, NUPENG agreed to suspend the industrial action with immediate effect.
