The Federal Government has brokered truce in the labour dispute between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASAN.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, the two parties agreed to end the crisis following the conciliatory meetings with some officials f the federal government which included the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Minister of Fiance and Coordinator of the Economy, Wale Edun, Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS among others.
The following resolutions were agreed on, the statement said.
1 The Honourable Minister of Labour informed the meeting that unionisation is a right of workers in accordance with the laws of Nigeria, and this right should be respected.
2 After examining the procedure used in the disengagement of workers, the meeting agreed that the management of Dangote Group shall immediately begin the process of redeploying the disengaged staff to other companies within the Dangote Group, with no loss of pay.
3 No worker will be victimised arising from their role in the impasse between Dangote and PENGASSAN.
4 PENGASSAN agreed to start the process of calling off the strike. Both parties agreed to this understanding in good faith.
The agreement has therefore brought to end the two-day strike embarked upon by PENGASAN since monday this week.
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