The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Pure Fuel Staff (NUPENG) has suspended its two-day strike following a gathering with the Dangote Group on Tuesday.
The deal was reached at a closed-door assembly convened by the Division of State Companies (DSS) and attended by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The decision adopted a conciliation assembly convened by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on Monday, September 8, 2025, after NUPENG threatened to embark on strike over the corporate’s preliminary refusal to recognise employees’ union rights.
In keeping with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on the assembly, each events agreed that unionisation is a proper underneath extant labour legal guidelines, and workers of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals who want to unionise can be allowed to take action.
NUPENG provides two-week deadline for unionisation
The MoU additional acknowledged that the method of unionisation would start instantly and be accomplished inside two weeks.
“After exhaustive deliberations, the next resolutions had been reached by each events:
“That since employees’ unionisation is a proper consistent with the provisions of the extant legal guidelines, the administration of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals agreed to the unionisation of workers of Dangote Refinery and the unionisation of workers of Petrochemicals, who’re prepared to unionise.
“That the method of unionisation shall begin instantly and be accomplished inside two weeks (ninth – twenty second September, 2025), and it was agreed that the employer won’t arrange some other union.
“Arising from the strike discover, no employee or worker of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical might be victimised,” the MoU learn.
In step with the settlement, NUPENG suspended its strike with rapid impact, whereas events are anticipated to report again to the Minister of Labour per week after the conclusion of the train.
Additionally in attendance are officers of the NMDPRA and the Dangote Group, amongst others.
The memorandum was signed on behalf of the administration by Managing Director Dangote Group, Sayyu Dantata, O.Okay. Ukoha for Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ojimba Jibrin, Dangote Group.
It was additionally signed by representatives of labour unions: Benson Upah for Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), N.A. Toro for Commerce Union Congress (TUC), NUPENG President Akporeha Williams, and Normal Secretary of NUPENG, Afolabi Olawale.
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment was represented by Amos Falonipe, Director, Commerce Union Companies & Industrial Relations, signing on behalf of the Minister.
What you must know
The strike started with NUPENG on Monday, alleging that Dangote Refinery was hiring new drivers on the situation that they not be a part of the union.
An earlier assembly convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, to resolve the dispute between the union and the Dangote refinery led to impasse on Monday.
The refinery, opened final yr with a 650,000 barrels-per-day capability, is the most important in Africa and was established to cut back Nigeria’s reliance on imported petrol.
Whereas the refinery has pushed down petrol costs and disrupted entrenched gamers within the oil sector, it has additionally raised monopoly considerations, given its dominance underneath Aliko Dangote.
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