PENGASSAN announces suspension of its strike
The Petroleum and natural gas Senior staff association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike that started on Monday, September 27, over its confrontation with Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical.
PENGASSAN President, Comrade Festus Osifo, even as pronouncing the suspension in Abuja this afternoon, stated the union chose to suspend the strike out of admire for national establishments and the mediation attempt through the federal authorities.
The oil workers expressed dissatisfaction with elements of the authorities’s publicised notification on the matter, however, however, said it’s going to right now resume the suspended business motion without notice ought to there be any breach by way of the Dangote Refinery.
“We nevertheless suspect Dangote may not keep faith with the phrases, however we are giving authorities the gain of the doubt. ought to there be any breach, we will immediately resume the suspended motion except be aware,” Osifo warned
The union had called for the strike after Dangote refinery sacked 800 of its employees for forming a union inside the organization, an act it does no longer allow. The sacked workers alleged that Dangote sacked the 800 Nigerian employees and went in advance to rent 2 hundred- Indian nationals in its status quo.
Following the intervention of the Federal authorities, a compromise was once reached inside the early hours of Tuesday. most of the agreements reached is that Dangote is anticipated to reabsorb the disregarded workers.
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