Dare Babalola
President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has assured that Dangote Refinery will recall all its Nigerian workers it sacked after they joined the union.
“Yes, it is true. We saw the letter late last night (Wednesday).
“I can assure you that they will recall all of them,” he told Daily Post.
He also said the union will arrive at the best action against Dangote Refinery in its NEC meeting scheduled for the weekend.
“We will call for an emergency NEC meeting by the weekend to decide on the way forward,” he said.
Earlier, a leaked memo surfaced indicating that the management of the refinery had terminated the employment of its workers for allegedly joining the union.
The leaked memo was shared on X by a political commentator, Imran Wakili, addressing all the staff of the 650,000bpd refinery.
According to the memo, signed by Femi Adekunle, Chief General Manager of Human Asset Management, the decision was taken as “total re-organisation” following “recent cases of reported sabotage in different units of the Petroleum Refinery leading to major safety concerns.”
The memo added that the Refinery is “constrained to carry out a total re-organisation of the plant.”
“As a consequence of this development, we wish to inform you that your services are no longer required, with effect from the eve of Thursday, the 25th September, 2025.
“Please surrender all the Company’s properties in your possession to your line manager and obtain an exit clearance accordingly but, the date for doing so, will be communicated to you later.
“The Finance Department, by a copy of this letter, is advised to compute all your benefits and entitlements in line with your terms of employment and conditions of service and pay the amount due to you (less all indebtedness), subject to the condition that you have obtained the exit clearance certificate as mentioned above,” the memo added.
However, Wakili claimed in the X post that the development comes less than 24 hours after 90 percent of them joined PENGASSAN.
