Dangote/PENGASSAN Rift: Don’t Fight A War You Can’t Win, Economist Tells Unions

An economist, Ken Ife, has cautioned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) against engaging in an industrial war that it cannot against the Dangote Group. PENGASSAN and the private refinery have been at loggerheads over the unionisation of workers. He stated this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday…

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PENGASSAN Accuses Dangote Refinery Of Anti-Labour Practices, Demands Reinstatement Of Fired Nigerian Workers

The Dangote Refinery says its decision was taken in the best interest of the company as a result of “intermittent cases of sabotage” in the various units of the company with dire consequences on human life and related safety concerns. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has expressed displeasure over…

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Show Nigerians construction approvals for alleged demolished structures – Amosun tells Dangote

The former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has dismissed as deliberate mischief the claim by the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, that his cement factory was demolished twice during his (Amosun) administration. Dangote had, while revealing plans to reconstruct Itori Cement Plant and also return to Olokola Free Trade Zone (FTZ)…

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Hardship protest: Organisers dare FG, insist on August rallies

IG claims foreign infilteration, youths accuse DSS of freezing accountShelve your demonstration, Tantita boss, Tompolo, begs organisersAs momentum continues to gather ahead of the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest, some organisers, who all the while were tagged ‘faceless’, have revealed their identities, Saturday PUNCH reports. They also insisted that they remained undaunted and would hit the…

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