Dangote Petroleum Refinery has appreciated President Bola Tinubu for his timely intervention amid its dispute with Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN. The company recently described the union’s actions as disruptive, and Nigerians have been reacting.
In a press statement, Dangote Refinery said that Tinubu’s leadership, through his ministers and senior government officials, restored order and stability to the energy sector at a vital moment.
According to him, BAT, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the Director General of the Department of State Services, Mr Adeola Ajayi, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mr Mohammed Mohammed deserve praise for working tirelessly to resolve the disagreement.
“Dangote Refinery is grateful to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, for his intervention, through his ministers and senior officials, which resulted in the abatement of the disruptive actions of PENGASSAN against the refinery,” it read.
The company further hailed “other senior government officials who worked untiringly and determinedly into the wee hours of several nights to avert the declared disruption of Nigeria’s energy sector by anarchists and agents of darkness.”
He further praised the judiciary for standing up for the truth and proving itself to be a source of hope for citizens.
Dangote Refinery concluded by extending its heartfelt gratitude to Nigerians for their overwhelming public support during the crisis.
“We remain very grateful to these officials for their patriotism and national service.
To Nigerians of all walks of life, we owe you more than a debt of gratitude. Your support for our righteous cause was both humbling and overwhelming. We heard your supportive voices and words of encouragement literally in all the street corners and media channels of Nigeria and were energised and strengthened thereby.
You gave us hope and reinforced our belief in the Nigerian nation and people as the backbone of our enterprise. Be assured that we would continue to work for and in your interest and persist in always protecting that interest against rent seekers, economic saboteurs and economic squatters.
To our loyal workers, who ensured that our operations were not disrupted even for a second, we thank and appreciate you. The strength of Dangote Group lies in our people and their unalloyed dedication and allegiance to our cause, mission and vision.
Dangote Group is a model private sector player committed to fair employment practices and national economic development.
Perhaps, we should mention, at this point, that the Dangote Group, with due modesty, is recognised as one of Nigeria’s model employers of labour and the largest private sector employer in the country as well as the largest contributor to Nigeria’s tax revenues.
One institution that we revere and must loudly acknowledge is the Nigerian judiciary. They stood up for the truth and proved themselves as the bastion of hope for all of us. It is unfortunate that the oligarchs publicly displayed their rascality and lawlessness by refusing to accept service of valid court orders that sought to restrain their destructive actions. Regardless, the fact that the judiciary came to society’s rescue at our critical moment of need, notwithstanding the intimidation of the hypocritical and sabotaging oligarchs, sets the judicial institution out as a just arbiter.
Our commitment to the Nigerian nation and our pact with its people remain undiluted, undiminished and unalterable notwithstanding the distractions from our detractors and the saboteurs in our midst,” the statement added.
