Nigeria’s oil workers union has agreed to suspend its strike following negotiations with Dangote Petroleum and government officials, the labour ministry announced.
The strike was triggered after the Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest with a crude processing capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, dismissed more than 800 unionised employees.
The walkout had posed a threat to fuel supply and trade across West Africa.
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According to a statement issued by the labour ministry after a conciliation meeting between the PENGASSAN union and Dangote Petroleum, the affected workers will be reassigned to roles within other parts of the Dangote Group without any loss of pay.
The labour minister also stressed during the meeting that unionisation is a fundamental right of workers and must be respected.
“PENGASSAN agreed to start the process of calling off the strike,” the ministry’s statement said.
The dismissals, which took place on Thursday, were described by PENGASSAN as retaliation for unionising.
Dangote refinery officials, however, said at the time that the layoffs were part of a staff reorganisation and accused those dismissed of engaging in acts of sabotage.
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