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Nigeria Urges Oil Workers To Call Off Strike Over Dangote

September 8, 2025 7:56 am

Nigeria’s government is scrambling to avert a strike that could paralyze the nation’s fuel supply, appealing to the country’s petroleum workers’ union to stand down while officials seek a negotiated solution.

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has vowed to begin a nationwide strike on Monday, September 8, in protest against what it calls anti-union policies at the Dangote Group. The dispute centers on claims that drivers hauling compressed natural gas (CNG) for the company have been barred from joining industry unions.

Labour Minister Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi urged NUPENG to rescind its decision, warning that disruption …

NUPENG, Others Picket General Electric Over ARCO

February 4, 2020 3:58 am

Oil and gas workers under the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday picketed the Lagos office of General Electric (GE) over alleged non-refund of excess withholding tax and gratuity of employees of ARCO Group Plc.

The protesting workers in their large numbers as early as 4 a.m. blocked the entrance gate of GE’s office on Bishop Aboyade Cole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, with their private cars, associations’ branded vehicles and a fully-loaded petrol tanker.…