Dangote
Some of the engineers sacked by the Dangote refinery for allegedly joining the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have decried the plan to redeploy them to sugar, cement and other business units under the Dangote Group.
The workers, who spoke with The PUNCH anonymously due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the company was victimising them for unionisation.
However, the Dangote media team debunked these claims on Wednesday, saying there are PENGASSAN members still working in the refinery.
PENGASSAN shut down oil and gas facilities between Sunday and Tuesday last week over allegations that 800 refinery workers were fired for volunteering to be members of the union.
But the Dangote refinery said it only sacked a few workers who were sabotaging the facility, tagging it reorganisation.
Oil and gas workers went on strike in defence of their colleagues, causing the nation losses in oil and gas production as well as a drop in power generation.
The intervention of the Federal Government restored peace as the Dangote Group was asked to redeploy the sacked workers. Punch
