The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike following an agreement reached in a meeting between the union and Dangote refinery mediated by the federal government.
PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, announced the suspension at a press conference in Abuja.
He said that “grey areas” remain in the communiqué, which both the government and refinery management could not fully clarify but
stressed that the association suspended the strike in good faith, .
The PENGASSAN president however warned that the union would resume the industrial action without notice if Dangote Refinery fails to honour the agreement.
PENGASSAN had commenced strike following what it called the mass layoff of its members by the Dangote refinery.
The union claimed that over 800 members who recently unionised were sacked,a claim Dangote refinery countered.
But PENGASSAN unsatisfied directed the cutting off of crude oil and gas supplies to the Dangote refinery should the refinery fail to reinstate the sacked workers.
Where its demand for the reabsorption of the workers failed, the union mobilised for a nationwide strike.
