28 September 2025-Published by Cyril

The Federal Government has waded into the escalating face-off between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), appealing to the union to shelve its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Monday, September 29, 2025.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, confirmed that his ministry has initiated urgent steps to broker peace between the two parties to avert a crippling industrial action.

According to government sources, officials from the Ministry of Labour and Employment are already holding consultations with both Dangote Refinery management and PENGASSAN leadership, stressing that there is “no alternative to peace.”

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• “The ministry is talking with the Dangote Refinery and the leadership of PENGASSAN, and from the discussion, there is no alternative to peace,” a highly placed official told NAIJABLOGDAILY

Dingyadi appealed directly to the oil workers’ union to withdraw its strike declaration, assuring that the government has scheduled an emergency conciliation meeting with both parties in Abuja on Monday.

In a statement issued by the Ministry’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Patience Onuobia, the Minister 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.”

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He warned that allowing the dispute to escalate could inflict devastating economic losses on Nigeria, worsen hardship for citizens, and create risks to national security.

• “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,” Dingyadi cautioned.

The Minister assured that the Tinubu-led administration is committed to resolving the crisis amicably in the national interest and called on both sides to give peace a chance.

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