Lagos, Nigeria – E be like say na that time wey wahala don show for oil sector as PENGASSAN don lock horns with Dangote Refinery. This drama, wey dey unfold, fit change how we dey chop petrol, cooking gas, and all those fuel wey we depend on.
PENGASSAN, na di umbrella body wey dey represent oil and gas workers, don come out to lay heavy claims against Dangote Refinery, black calling dem for jacking 800 workers wey notice say dem go join di union. Wetin be their crime? Na to dey exercise dem constitutional right o. As the matter dey hot, dem even accuse Dangote say e dey carry illegal Indian workers enter Nigeria to work for dia sensitive sector. Na wa!
As the gist carry go, PENGASSAN talk say di Nigerian engineers dey collect small money compared to dia Indian counterparts. Imagine say our guys dey collect N385,000, while dem dey give di Indians upwards of $5,000, wey be roughly N7.5 million. Na so money dey sweet for foreign pocket while our own dey dey struggle!
In response to this kind wahala, PENGASSAN don issue closure directive for dia branches wey dey work with major oil and gas companies like TotalEnergies, Chevron, and Shell Nigeria Gas. Dem talk say make dem shut all crude oil supply valves to Dangote Refinery sharply. As e be now, na serious rally dey come up as dem dey plan for emergency meeting to decide wetin go happen next. If Dangote no gree bring back di sacked workers, dem dey reason nationwide strike! You fit imagine di jam jam we go face?
But hold on! Aliko Dangote no wan take this one lightly o. E don reply PENGASSAN, accusing dem of trying to put Nigerian petrol and gas supply for one kind chokehold. According to him, di union dey promote wahala wey fit cause serious hardship on ordinary Nigerians. He throway shade on di union say dem no get right to disrupt anything wey concern di refinery and di contracts wey don already set up. Wetin come be di essence of all dis back and forth?
Dangote come dey talk say this na matter of law o, and no any wahala dey fit justify di kind economic sabotage wey PENGASSAN dey try bring come. As everybody dey yan, e say dem dey wrong if dem think say dem fit disrupt di supply of petrol, aviation fuel, and all di things wey we dey use. In wetin wey fit enter wahala, e dey declared say all Nigerian households go suffer if dis comedy no resolve well.
Di refinery no wan make di union forget say dis one na critical national asset wey fit bring plenty benefits for everybody, even di government. If dem no quickly resolve dis quarrel, it go make investors start to dey waka from Nigeria oil and gas sector. Na serious matter we dey talk about!
As we dey watch dis play unfold, na to keep ear to di ground. One thing be sure, if no be anything wey go affect everybody, dis wahala fit even affect our koko na every house wey need diesel, petrol, and all di gas wey we dey chop. Na time for all of us to shine our eyes and make we know say dis na fight for all.
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