Dan Zaki

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

I cannot believe that Dangote on TV made this statement few days ago, about his Nigerian Engineers, called said they are more competent than even the Indians, few days later you are calling them ‘saboteurs’.

That beside the fact that you surprisingly are paying the indians 10x times more than the Nigerians, who with your mouth you said they more competent then.

And you proceeded to fire them all without provocation because they exercised their rights.

Make this make sense!

[Dan Zaki @danzaki1960]

@wildcard_snr @guardian @Reuters @CNN @BBCWorld Every company should provide this basic work gadgets depending on the type of business they are doing. Which in this case we all know that in oil & gas safety is of great importance to smooth and continuous operation. I strongly believe this young talents shouldn’t be neglected.

[Dan Zaki @danzaki1960]

@JosephOnuorah And he thinks the best way to handle trade onions is to sack all the members and non members of the union so that those to come will be afraid to voice out their opinions. This is pure wickedness

[BIG JOE OF LAGOS✌️🇳🇬®️ @JosephOnuorah]

Dangote management and his Propaganda team can lie 🤥 all they want but they know the truth.

They sacked over 3000 Nigerians simply for joining unions.

See a video of over-pampered Indian Group Vice Chairman of Dangote; sitting comfortably in Nigeria 🇳🇬 - rolling his chair and telling people he will disobey our laws & never allow any trade unions in Dangote!!!.

He will never try this in India.

No Nigerian Executive working in Indian coys will ever try this in India.

Between 2012 and 2019 - these same Indians stopped gratuity payments in DSR and DFM. For workers who have worked several years and helped build the business for Dangote!

You can side this injustices today but a day will come - it may hit you or yours.

I trust PENGASSAN will fight till the logical conclusion.

[Dan Zaki @danzaki1960]

@Realoilsheikh @DangoteGroup 3. Most of them cannot afford to eat a balanced diet and yet they are senior staff in the so-called largest single train refinery in the world.
If they are your siblings would you prefer them to continue like this or join a join that will give them a unify voice

[Dan Zaki @danzaki1960]

@Realoilsheikh @DangoteGroup 2. This Engrs. Cannot afford to rent an apartment that have electricity bcox average rent is 3x or 4x there monthly pay as landlords see them as O&G workers rent increases on yearly basis

[Dan Zaki @danzaki1960]

@Realoilsheikh @DangoteGroup The most saddest side of all this stories is to forget the ripple effects the sack of over 1000 young engineers would results when some of them have worked In average over 5yrs;
1. Majority have families they struggle to take care of, not to talk of friends and relatives

[𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚 @Realoilsheikh]

The same Nigerian Engineers praised here to be better than the Indians?

[𝐃𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚 @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.

[Akin Olaoye @akintollgate]

When PENGASSAN turned off the pipelines in 1995 for 8 weeks, after Abacha attacked freedom of Association laws, my dad was head of Production Area C in Shell. I remember asking him if the strike will be short-lived, he said "just watch". Even a madman Abacha and his soldiers had to beg Las, Las!
You think say dem be NURTW! LOL....dey look

[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?

[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

[Amanda Immaculate @Chimamanda101]

@JinchengSuzuki Reorganization of workforce that affects only Nigerians.. what about the foreigners, indians! What a dirty job by his HR & Media..
PENGASSAN stands with workers, not against progress. Dangote must provide fair pay and PPE. @BBCWorld @CNN @Reuters #TheTruthDangoteVsPENGASSAN

[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.

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

There is absolutely no way Dangote is winning this fight, I don’t even see how it’s possible.

PENGASSAN is far stronger than him, and once NUPENG, who are even more ruthless, steps in, the government will have no choice but to intervene. And let’s not forget, the constitution is firmly on the side of the workers on this.

No human beign or investment, no matter how big, rich, powerful or expensive, is above the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Some Nigerians are just too gullible, or outright hypocritical. We all saw it on national TV when Dangote himself, in front of several newsmen, said that workers were free to join a union, it is their right and that he was not stopping them.

The workers, knowing their pains, wrote to PENGASSAN requesting to join, and the union immediately informed DPRP, who agreed and pretended everything was fine. Then Dangote collected the names of the staff members who wanted to join the union, sacked all of them, and the next morning labeled them “saboteurs.”

I honestly want to see how Aliko thinks he will win this one!

[Blessing HOOD @FredBless38919]

The public should know, Dangote did not build his refinery out of love for Nigeria. He saw a business opportunity where profit could be made, and he took it. Like any other business venture, there was competition and resistance along the way — but he scaled through successfully.

[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]

- 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