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[Authentic @AuthenticUSE]

@Engr_Abdulmalik @renoomokri That indian man named Mr mohda was trying to expose them, telling them that all the Nigerians were sacked, but he was quickly stopped...
We see the lies

[Big Tee @Mr_Tunic]

Workers write to PENGASSAN that they would like to join them, and the union informed DPRP almost immediately.

Alhaji’s response? Collects names of staff members who want to join the union. All of them? Sacked in the morning.

But hey, save St. Dangote from saboteurs😁

[Sensei . 丑陋 . 🏁⭐ @ugleebeats]

That 6 days a week , I have colleagues that went thru that , Monday to Saturday !!!

Even the Sundays that are off days , they still do stuff !!

Used those guys to wreck , they look a shadow of themselves .

[Mal. Imran U. Wakili (PULLO) 👑 #iSTANDWITHELRUFAI @IU_Wakilii]

Dangote MUST recall those Engineers not just recall, he MUST also pay them better, he must pay the standard of Oil and Gas sector!

[Lord Cutler Beckett 🇳🇬🇵🇸 @YahyaKabo]

Dangote brings in foreigners, pays them more, gives them PPE and humane conditions. But it’s your fellow Nigerians you want trapped in modern-day slavery.
They’ve endured hell building that company yet their only “crime” is demanding basic rights and the freedom of association

[𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. @Realoilsheikh]

Amazing How Nigerians Become Heroes in Secret and Villains in Public

Dear @DangoteGroup,

Your 4-page publication branding Nigerian engineers and PENGASSAN as “lawless” and “terrorists” reads less like a balanced account and more like an attempt to shape perception.

But perhaps it is more useful to view this not as a battle between DPRP and PENGASSAN, but as a reminder of something simpler, that unions exist to protect workers, especially when they feel abandoned. If these young engineers had been treated with the same dignity often extended to expatriates, maybe none of this drama would have surfaced.

Consider the irony. On the one hand, official statements accuse Nigerians of sabotage. On the other hand, HR quietly recalls previously disqualified applicants for medicals and onboarding. If all was truly under control, why scramble for the very people already deemed unfit? Maybe because the truth is that the refinery cannot run without these Nigerians, and by law, it shouldn't.

Just hours ago, a LinkedIn post by an Indian recruiter openly advertised refinery roles—Panel Operators, Shift In-Charge, CDU, HGU, RFCC, and more. Shortly after, another post appeared by Mukesh Sharma, listed as a Quality Control Officer at Dangote Refinery, sharing similar openings. If Nigerians were truly saboteurs and already replaced, why the sudden global search for operators? It suggests that refineries run not on glossy statements, but on capable hands, capable Boys and girls whom were praised to be the best by your CEO some days ago, and today were just shown the door.

We must remember the sacrifices of those dismissed. These were the people who pre-commissioned, commissioned, started up, and stabilized the plant. They worked six days on and one day off, sometimes stretching into 24-hour shifts during shutdowns. They purchased PPEs with their own money, endured the loss of lunch and rest facilities, and carried on even when they had no health insurance nor life insurances, all to make sure the refinery came alive. And in return, they were branded as saboteurs. Heroes in reality, villains in a press release kind of thing?

Even Annex Two of your own publication betrays the narrative. PENGASSAN’s statement that the Port Harcourt refinery lacked a reformer unit for direct PMS production was not mischief, it was a technical fact. The very quotes you highlighted confirmed it. Yet somehow, fact was recast as “terror tactics.” Nigerians are not blind to the contradiction; when workers state facts, it is branded mischief, but when management makes sweeping changes, it is called “in the interest of the refinery.”

The irony deepens. In your official publications, Nigerian engineers are painted as the problem. Yet in HR inboxes they suddenly become the solution. Below is the invitation a number of these Nigerians received just when this whole drama started. One day accused of sabotage, the next day, fresh ones quietly recalled to fill critical roles. Perhaps the refinery is learning, the hard way, that concrete and steel don’t refine fuel. People do. And it was these same Nigerian engineers that turned blueprints into reality.

Protecting investment should never mean discarding those who give it life. Credibility will come not from lengthy publications but from transparency; audited workforce composition, ratios of Nigerians to foreigners, HSE compliance records, welfare audits. Without these, it becomes difficult to justify why engineers who sacrificed so much were branded as “terrorists.”

Thank you.

[Authentic @AuthenticUSE]

@JinchengSuzuki 2. He said refused providing PPE making young Nigerians work under hazardous and cancerous environment, while feeding them bread Avery two days..... Ahhh
3. He call his engineers who's sweat and blood but, commission, and ran the refinery saboteurs , let him define the sabotage

[Authentic @AuthenticUSE]

@JinchengSuzuki That is what dangote always do....
Right from the beginning he has been promoting propaganda just to get sympathy of the public...
He lied and said
1. He pays his workers good remuneration equal to the IOCs like shell and exxon, pls do shell pay engineers 318k?

[Jincheng @JinchengSuzuki]

Let's leave this Dangote vs PENGASSAN issue aside for a while. Dangote needs to sack his entire PR and media team for circulating such an illegible memorandum/circular or whatever they call it. It seems his media team are willing to join PENGASSAN since they are employees.

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

...tales of the ancients, now seeing no Nigerian in a technical role, we are shocked to realise those threats have become a devastating reality.

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

- Equality and Protection of Rights

​Management acknowledged the need for better representation by forming a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) last year. Unfortunately, the JCC proved unrepresentative and ineffective at communicating staff's genuine concerns to leadership.

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

The result was an overwhelming "Yes," with not a single senior staff member voting against joining the union.

The reasons are clear: Staff seek
- ​Better Welfare & Conditions of Service
- ​Job Security & Legal Protection
- ​Effective Representation & Improved Training

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

This achievement followed a rigorous organizing process and came after assurances from Dangote Management that staff are free to join any union of their choice.

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

PENGASSAN officially notified the Management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on September 22, 2025, that the company's Senior and Middle Management Staff have been successfully organized into the union, in line with extant laws.

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

After overcoming the transport failure, staff were met with a rude shock at the gate: a group of security guards was standing guard, actively preventing the entry of all Nigerian Refinery staff.

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

On September 25th, just 10 minutes before the 5:00 PM pickup time, the Night Shift staff were suddenly informed that their buses were unavailable due to "maintenance."

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

For years, we heard the warnings in the halls of Marble House: "Dangote Workers will never be unionised".

In the Lekki Free Zone, the threats were harsher m: "Unions are illegal here and the company could simply dismiss us & hire 100% foreigners".

We used to dismiss them as....

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

At 9:59 PM on September 25th, 2025, while Nigerian staff were still processing the forced evacuation of the complex, the final shock arrived:
​"Your Services are no longer required."

[PENGASSAN Dangote Refinery Branch @DPRP_PENGASSAN]

Following notification about the unionization of its senior staff, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals' HR Department conducted a verification exercise between September 23rd and 25th, 2025, to confirm membership with PENGASSAN.