The Federal Government says the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has agreed to call off its strike following two days of reconciliation meetings with the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

 

 

 

The meetings, which held on September 29 and 30, 2025, were convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, and attended by senior government officials, security agencies, and representatives of organised labour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a communiqué issued at the end of the meetings, Dingyadi said PENGASSAN’s strike action followed the disengagement of over 800 workers at the Dangote Refinery.

 

 

 

“The leadership of PENGASSAN explained that the directives given to stop the supply of gas to Dangote Petroleum and the withdrawal of services were in response to the termination of appointment of over 800 members,” the Minister said.

 

 

 

On its part, management of the refinery maintained that the job cuts were due to “ongoing reorganization in the company.”

 

 

 

After hours of deliberation, both parties reached a compromise. According to the Minister

 

“the management of Dangote Group shall immediately start the process of taking the disengaged staff to other companies within the Dangote Group, with no loss of pay.”

 

 

 

The communiqué also emphasized that no worker would be victimised for their role in the industrial dispute.

 

 

 

On union rights, Dingyadi reaffirmed that “unionisation is a right of workers in accordance with the laws of Nigeria and that this right should be respected.”

 

 

 

 

He further disclosed that PENGASSAN had agreed to begin the process of calling off the strike in good faith.