The statement to this effect was shared on X, Wednesday, by a political commentator, Imran Wakili.
“Dangote Refinery has officially laid off all of its Nigerian workers under the guise of “reorganization”, less than 24 hours after 90% of them joined PENGASSAN,” he wrote.
Wakili said the development comes less than 24 hours after 90 percent of them joined the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN.
According to a memo dated September 25, 2025, and signed by the Chief General Manager of Human Asset Management, Femi Adekunle, Wakili posted on X, the company said the decision was taken as part of a “total re-organisation” of the plant following reported cases of sabotage in different units of the refinery.
The notice directed affected staff to surrender all company property in their possession to their line managers and obtain exit clearance.
The finance department was also instructed to compute benefits and entitlements for payment in line with terms of employment.
The refinery’s management thanked the dismissed workers for their services while in its employment.
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All it Nigerian workers? 😱, what really happened?
ReplyDeleteEvery employer has the right to choose their talents. If your employer prefers not to employ union members, don't join a union after accepting their employment offer.
ReplyDeleteThis was predictable. Whether it's Starbucks or Duracell or the Bernie Sanders campaign, what happens is the employer responds to demands for pay raise by cutting staff, reducing hours, adjusting contracts to make independent contractors of workers or subcontracting those jobs. Some just close the branch and move elsewhere like the ghost town in Nigeria's north and America's Midwest. . This nonsense has destroyed so many stable steady jobs because workers don't put themselves in the shoes of risk takers. Why hasn't Pengassan or other unions started a model business where there would offer staff the kind of things they are demanding and still be competitive to prove that their demands are reasonable? Why don't they invest their union dues in companies so they can control the culture with a board seat? Investors sacrifice and build for years only to be held hostage by staff looking at the balance sheet without considering sunk costs, expansion, maintenance, pensions, competition talent hunting, micro and macro economics before making demands. Dangote will only fly in more Indians who will sign his contract and go back home with stated pay leaving Nigerians unskilled and without earnings. Will the union refund their dues or pay a supplementary wage? Of course not. They have only shut the door on those coming behind as young graduates whose nationality will work against them in their home country. Multinationals know the minimum wage yet, pay multiples of that because they know the worth of skill and want to retain same. Many medium and small scale employers do the same with perks and accomodations that give upstart talents some room when feasible.
If you're not highly skilled, high demand and with options, realise that you cannot turn the sweat and investment of private individuals into a toy like you do government where service is piss poor, people don't show up and still demand unrealistic things without producing results.
Joe Ajaero and other clowns who were dancing to songs of subsidy removal 2 years ago and now forgetting distractions because their fave didn't win shouldn't bother with any solidarity strike if he doesn't want disgrace.
Let's wait for labour union reaction, labour union does nothing for private sector, any staff working in private comp and well paid shouldn't allow those clown to mislead them.
DeleteThey have the right to sack when employees go against their instruction/s.
DeleteAs usual the long chronicle commenter is here again....Before you quote America's jurisprudence...Check your own Labour Act that states no employer can tell an employee not to join the Labour Union...This is premised on the freedom of association for every union....You tend to always move to the opposing sides without taking things into context.....
DeleteIt might interest you to note that we have a National Industrial Court...You speak this way because in Nigeria, anything goes.....
The employer did not tell anyone not to join the labour union, Ogoni confraternity or Boys scouts. It simply terminated the employment of it's staff including those who joined or decided not to join this union.
DeleteIt is the union that mislead struggling Nigerians into a political two-fighting that is trying to save face with weird interpretations of an employers change in preference. The union wants to placate other unions shaking in their boots especially since the refineries and PHCN may be considered for long-awaited privatisation post elections with the good heads steering the reforms of the False years, 1999-2007 which are a big part of why Nigeria is still standing.
As I said earlier, those ex-staff drooling over a dream pay raise their employer had made clear was not happening have done in not just themselves but their colleagues in. It's left for them to prove their claims of victimisation in court when others who didn't join were let go. Any employer can choose to appropriate resources of their organisation as they see fit. If Dangote proves he used money for their payroll and benefits to service a loan from say Access bank (where he is a majority shareholder by the way) or to purchase shares/equipment/ or diversify into iron condemn business, what's it to the court? It's his money to waste. The courts don't punish bad business decisions.
My earlier comment listed examples of places where anything does not go: Duracell changed countries, closing most branches in the USA feeling the tarrifs were cheaper than the HR burden Goodyear is saying goodbye to SA. Starbucks USA will simply close their branch. The UK has had to pump money into steel because investors won't touch it otherwise due to unreasonable legislation which is drying up the profits and opportunities in industrial towns and even fish and chip shops are closing.
Read up on all the mom and pop stores and restaurants that packed up with the asinine laws passed in California, costing thousands of jobs and steady income for families. Owners moved states to join the billionaires who escaped to Texas or Tennessee.
Bernie says you don't need 3 houses but kept his 3 houses. His charity contribution is less than 5 percent of his income. When asked to pay his campaign staff the 15 dollars and hour he wants to compel others to pay, he made them temps and cut their hours so he didn't have to pay more and these are the communist socialist clowns that have added "democratic" to their branding to derail the destinies of those who find facts too long to read.
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ReplyDeleteAll Nigeria Workers?
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He is right terminating their employment, they are private workers not government workers so if he says no union that's it.
ReplyDeleteNo that is a breach of the Labour Union Act!! You can't tell anyone not to join union....Everyone has a fundamental right to association...Nigeria is not a real place that is why people do things with impunity....
Delete@Saint Elsewhere Phoenix please, don't waste your time educating them. Most of these bvs are obviously IGNORANT .😖
DeleteEducation was intentionally destroyed in that country by the State actors.
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