Dangote Refinery: Solely few employees laid off, over 3,000 Nigerians nonetheless employed
The administration of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has formally responded to experiences of mass layoffs, describing the motion as an ongoing reorganisation train.
The corporate careworn that the transfer is aimed toward safeguarding the ability and guaranteeing operational effectivity.
In a press release issued by the administration on Friday, titled “Dangote Petroleum Refinery Reorganisation: Dedication to Security, Integrity and Employees’ Rights,” the refinery defined that the choice was necessitated by repeated acts of sabotage in some items of the ability, which posed severe security dangers and disrupted operations.
“The Dangote Petroleum Refinery needs to make clear current experiences in regards to the ongoing reorganisation inside its facility. This train just isn’t arbitrary. It has develop into essential to safeguard the refinery from repeated acts of sabotage which have raised security issues and affected operational effectivity,” it mentioned.
“The foregoing determination was taken in the most effective curiosity of the Refinery as results of intermittent circumstances of sabotage within the numerous items of the Refinery with dire penalties on human life and associated security issues.”
The refinery acknowledged that it stays vigilant concerning its inside methods and vulnerabilities to make sure the long-term stability of what it described as a strategic nationwide asset.
In line with the assertion, defending the refinery is essential not only for Nigerians but in addition for Africa’s power independence and the livelihoods of hundreds of people that rely upon it.
Administration additional assured that over 3,000 Nigerians are actively employed on the refinery, with solely a “very small quantity” affected by the restructuring. It added that recruitment is ongoing via graduate trainee programmes and skilled rent processes.
“Over 3,000 Nigerians proceed to work actively in our Petroleum Refinery, at current. Solely a really small variety of workers have been affected, as we proceed to recruit Nigerian expertise via our numerous graduate trainee programmes and skilled rent recruitment course of,” it mentioned.
“We recognise and uphold internationally accepted labour ideas, together with the proper of each employee to freely determine whether or not or to not be a part of a union. Our dedication to employees’ rights is unwavering.”
Reaffirming its dedication to labour rights, the refinery acknowledged that it recognises and upholds internationally accepted ideas, together with employees’ freedom to affix or to not be a part of unions.
“The Dangote Petroleum Refinery exists to serve Nigerians, to strengthen Africa’s power independence, and to create respectable, sustainable jobs. We are going to proceed to work in partnership with our staff, regulators, and stakeholders to uphold the very best requirements of security, transparency, and accountability,” the assertion concluded.
Earlier, Each day Submit reported that the refinery had dismissed all Nigerian employees lower than 24 hours after 90% of them joined the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Senior Workers Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
The union’s president, Festus Osifo, confirmed the event, stating, “Sure, it’s true. We noticed the letter late final night time (Wednesday). I can guarantee you that they are going to recall all of them.”