
PENGASSAN Dissolves Branch Over Dangote Shutdown Failure
PENGASSAN has removed NGIC and NGML executives for non-compliance when instructed to fully halt gas flow to Dangote refinery during nationwide strike.
Nigeria’s powerful oil workers’ union, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has dissolved two of its branch executive councils for failing to completely shut off gas supply to the Dangote refinery during last month’s nationwide strike.
The branches affected are the Nigeria Gas Infrastructure Company Ltd (NGIC) and NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML), both subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
According to an internal report obtained, the union’s national leadership