Dangote Petroleum Refinery says PENGASSAN ‘s recent directive to its branches to disrupt its operation is a brazen, shocking display lawlessness and act of criminality.
The management of the refinery stated this in a statement while reacting to the directive issued by PENGASSAN to its branches.
PENGASSAN had in the said communication directs the Renaissance Branch “Chevron Branch “Oando Branch “Shell Nigeria Gas, SNG Branch
directs members “to cut off gas supply to NGIC effective immediately” and that”all crude oil supply valves to the [Dangote] Refinery should be shut” and “the loading operation for vessel headed there should be halted immediately”.
PENGASSAN, in the directive, also instructs the Chairman of its NGIC Branch to “ensure that gas supply to the Refinery is cut off effective immediately” and “all chairmen [of the
PENGASSAN branches] on this summon are to report promptly the progress of the directive”
The management of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in its reaction to the position taken by PENGASSAN accused union of exhibiting a shocking display of lawlessness and criminality.
“This is a brazen, albeit shocking display of lawlessness and criminality by PENGASSAN.
“Absolutely no law gives PENGASSAN the ight to direct its branches to “cut off”gas and crude oil supplies to Dangote Refinery or at all.
“There is also no law in our statute books that would support or enable the PENGASSAN branches having to “cut off” gas and crude oil supplies to Dangote Refinery or at all.
“Besides, it constitutes a criminal conduct for PENGASSAN or its members to disrupt and/or interfere howsoever in the contract between Dangote Refinery and its various Vendors and third narty vendors and suppliers.
“Perhaps, PENGASSAN needs to be reminded that Nigeria is a country governed by laws.
“Our laws do not brook self-help and mob action that could introduce mayhem and chaos and easily translate into anarchy.
“Indeed, this is a complete disavowal of PENGASSAN’S Press Release of the same 26 September 2025 which claimed that the Association “will take all necessary legal actions” to challenge the Dangote Refinery
actions that it purports has led to its illicit and criminal”directive”.
“It is instructive that no sooner had the Association issued the Press Release
than it abandoned the path of lawfulness and embraced criminal conduct and the path that leads to mayhem and anarchy by issuing the
directive afore mentioned.
Apart from the lawlessness and criminality inherent in the PENGASSAN instruction to its branches, the Association’s directive amounts to
economic sabotage at multiple levels.
“In plain language, PENGASSAN has directed its branches to disrupt and stop the supply of petroleum products from the Dangote Refinery to Nigerians.
“The products that would be disrupted and stopped include but are not limited to aviation
ruel, petro, Kerosene, diesel and cooking gas – all products that are used and required by all stripes of Nigerians and persons Living in Nigeria,
insufferable hardship into the living conditions of Nigerians?
“None that we can see. The follow up question is, in whose interest and on whose behalf is PENGASSAN directing and intending to inflict such anarchic and criminal disruption upon the Nigerian society and persons living in
Nigeria?
Most certainly, not in the interest of the Nigerian State and/or the Nigerian public and citizens.
This is also economic sabotage against the Nigerian State at multiple levels.
Dangote Refinery is the only refinery of its type in Africa and ordinarily should be the pride of all Nigerians as well as the governments of Nigeria.
It should ordinarily have special protection and status and indeed qualifies as a strategic national asset.
An irreparable injury to the Dangote Refinery such as PENGASSAN has directed constitutes a national embarrassment to all of us.
The directive is a disincentive to external investors who ordinarily would have been encouraged by the success of Dangote Refinery to Contemplate investing in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector or generally.
“PENGASSAN may also not be aware that Dangote Refinery is one of the largest contributors to the revenue purse of the Nigerian governments – both Federal and sub-nationals.
“That would of course be paused if and as long as PENGASSAN directive is implemented by PENGASSAN branched.
“We are, by this write-up, drawing the attention of the Federal Government and its security and law enforcement agencies – as well as all other
levels of governments in Nigeria – to this criminal, lawless, reckless and irresponsible conduct of PENGASSAN and calling on them – the Federal Government and its agencies, in particular- to call the Association to order.
“PENGASSAN has no right to introduce anarchy.
“We are also calling on all Nigerians to take note of the unquantifiable and irredeemable hardship which PENGASSAN wishes to inflict on all of
us.
There is no Nigerian household that does not use or need the petroleum products which PENGASSAN has now directed its branches, by fiat, to withdraw from the Nigerian market – again, we list some of them: petrol, cooking gas, diesel, kerosene and aviation fuel.
“The production and supply of these products by Dangote Refinery would cease if the PENGASSAN cabal is allowed or permitted to enforce its
lawless and criminal “directive”.
“The Association must not be allowed to ride roughshod on Nigerians.
“The repercussions from the PENGASSAN directive would affect and inflict harm on all Nigerians.
“This is therefore a fight for all Nigerians.
“We all must encourage and nudge PENGASSAN to live up to the commitment in its Press Release of 26 September 2025, to wit, “take all necessary legal actions”-not illicit and criminal actions – to challenge the Dangote Refinery acts that it purports has led to its”directive”
“The Association is not above the law, and it must not be allowed to believe that it is or behave as if it is.”
(vitalnewsngr.com)
