Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has known as on the Federal Authorities to right away intervene within the brewing industrial dispute between the Nationwide Union of Petroleum and Gasoline Employees (NUPENG) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery over alleged anti-labour practices.
NUPENG had on Sunday directed its members throughout the oil and gasoline trade to embark on an indefinite strike beginning Monday, September 9, 2025. The strike, the union mentioned, is in protest towards a coverage of the Dangote Group which requires newly recruited drivers to signal undertakings to not be part of any current union within the sector.
Falana, in a press release issued underneath the banner of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Past (ASCAB), condemned the coverage, describing it as unconstitutional and a gross violation of each native and worldwide labour legal guidelines.
In keeping with him, the transfer contravenes Part 40 of the 1999 Structure, Part 12 of the Commerce Union Act, and Article 10 of the African Constitution on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.
“The coverage can also be a breach of the Freedom of Affiliation and Safety of the Proper to Organise Conference 1948 (No. 87), the Proper to Organise and Collective Bargaining Conference 1949 (No. 98) of the Worldwide Labour Organisation, in addition to the UN Common Declaration of Human Rights and different worldwide covenants ratified by Nigeria,” Falana acknowledged.
He urged the Registrar of Commerce Unions to name the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to order at once, whereas additionally urgent the Federal Competitors and Client Safety Fee (FCCPC) to examine what he described because the monopolistic practices of the Dangote Group, which he mentioned run opposite to the FCCPC Act of 2018.
“Regardless that highly effective commerce unions exist in all capitalist nations together with the UK and the US, the Dangote Group is set to obliterate commerce unions in Nigeria as a result of it has been allowed to function outdoors the ambit of the legislation,” he mentioned.
Falana reminded the Dangote Group that the wrestle for staff’ rights to unionise in Nigeria dates again to the colonial period and can’t be erased. He reaffirmed ASCAB’s full assist for NUPENG’s strike motion, insisting that makes an attempt to erode staff’ rights can be strongly resisted.
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