Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the Federal Government to immediately intervene in the brewing industrial dispute between the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers NUPENG and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery over alleged anti-labour practices.
NUPENG had on Sunday directed its members across the oil and gas industry to embark on an indefinite strike starting Monday, September 9, 2025. The strike, the union said, is in protest against a policy of the Dangote Group which requires newly recruited drivers to sign undertakings not to join any existing union in the sector.
Falana, in a statement issued under the banner of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond ASCAB, condemned the policy, describing it as unconstitutional and a gross violation of both local and international labour laws.