Nigerians on social media have rallied behind the Dangote Petroleum Refinery within the wake of opposition from the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Employees (NUPENG) over the refinery’s proposed deployment of 4,000 Compressed Pure Gasoline (CNG)-powered vans for gas distribution.
NUPENG’s declaration of a nationwide strike in protest in opposition to the initiative has ignited widespread debate throughout digital platforms, with timelines on X, Instagram, Fb, and LinkedIn flooded with commentary, a lot of which favour the refinery’s transfer in the direction of cleaner and extra environment friendly gas logistics.
For a lot of Nigerians, this isn’t only a battle between a union and a non-public firm; it’s a combat over the way forward for gas distribution, effectivity, and the nation’s financial route.
Some social media customers had been pissed off by what they see as many years of union dominance and disruption.
On X, @olat187 famous, “Nigerians stand with @DangoteGroup. @officialNUPENG9 has been making the lives of Nigerians insufferable for years.” James O. echoed this sentiment extra profoundly, stating, “Nigerians, the ONLY enterprise chief and saviour we’ve got that retains unusual residents surviving is @DangoteGroup. Nigerians are absolutely behind you all. In the event that they like, they need to go on strike; gone are these days, Nigerians are rising past all this.”
Business professionals and commentators are additionally weighing in with sharp rebukes of NUPENG’s stance. Prof Olushola Bamidele drew an analogy that resonated extensively:
“So, if I provide you with a enterprise innovation, and it threatens your individual enterprise, you may attempt to drive me to desert my innovation? I promote ogbono seed in my village to middlemen who take them to town. I made a decision in the future to purchase a pick-up van so I can ship to the customer instantly within the metropolis. Ought to the intermediary combat me or discover a method to survive? I don’t perceive the logic of this impending NUPENG strike.”
Equally, Dr. Tosan Harriman identified, “For a really very long time it’s apparent @officialNUPENG9 is spoiling for battle over their restricted function within the current dynamics. They don’t take into consideration the individuals, simply self.”
Different social media customers known as out what they considered as manipulation and sabotage makes an attempt. @Joguns argued, “#DangoteRefinery is a non-public biz. Identical to personal universities reserve the proper to hitch ASUU strikes, @AlikoDangote needs to be allowed to run his enterprise legally and for the advantage of Nigerians.”
Tzalmon was much more suspicious, suggesting that “these unions are solely targeted on exploiting the individuals. I can’t assist however query whether or not the @DangoteGroup truck accidents are orchestrated to sabotage the corporate.”
On Fb, Gbenga Emmanuel opined that “that is the half the place @DangoteGroup ought to encourage some personal people to spend money on filling stations that might be loyal to it throughout the nation since @officialNUPENG9 and @PETROAN are transferring loopy.”
The bigger concern about international affect additionally surfaced within the debate.
Ebere Anosike noticed that “it appears NLC & NUPENG are getting used to sabotage Dangote Refinery and thus Nigeria’s financial system to save lots of Western refineries which can be worrying about declining gas imports. The extra worrying side is that NUPENG staff may not even know they’re being utilized by unseen arms controlling their high officers. A severe nation would shortly examine them for doable financial treason.”
On Instagram, Adesuyi bluntly remarked, “For years, @officialNUPENG9 don present Nigerians sege. Now that there’s competitors, they will’t face up to it. Anyway, Nigerians will stand with @DangoteGroup.”
Tech-driven voices on X additionally chimed in, with @NaijaLogistics saying, “Union shouldn’t maintain the nation to ransom. Dangote’s sport is innovation—let’s embrace progress, not protest.
As one LinkedIn person put it, “Disruptive? Sure. However something revolutionary faces resistance. What Dangote is doing might be studied in enterprise colleges world wide.”
