The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers -NUPENG has suspended its strike following an agreement with the management of Dangote Refinery to recognise workers’ rights to unionise.
The deal was reached at a closed-door meeting convened by the Department of State Services -DSS and attended by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
The Acting NLC General Secretary, Benson Upah, confirmed the outcome, while the Ministry of Labour said it would issue a formal statement soon.
According to the Memorandum of Understanding signed at the meeting, both parties agreed that unionisation is a right under extant labour laws, and employees of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals who wish to unionise would be allowed to do so.
The MoU further stated that the process of unionisation would begin immediately and be completed within two weeks.
