Dangote Refinery Don Move People Around After Sabotage, Dem Deny Say Na Mass Sack

Di management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals don begin serious reorganisation of how dem dey run things and di kind workers wey dey ground. Di refinery talk say dem take dis decision because some staff don dey do sabotage back-to-back, and e don dey threaten di safety of di refinery wey dey produce 650,000 barrels per day. For letter wey dem write on September 24, 2025, wey Chief General Manager for Human Asset Management, Femi Adekunle, sign, di refinery talk say dem no get choice than to do total reorganisation of di plant because of many recent cases of sabotage wey don happen for different units inside di Petroleum Refinery, wey don cause serious safety wahala. Dem tell di affected staff make dem return all company property give dia line managers and wait for clearance before dem go collect dia entitlements, wey Finance Department go calculate based on their conditions of service. But one senior official from Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals don dismiss reports say di company sack plenty workers at once. Di official talk say wetin really happen na reorganisation to stop sabotage wey dey happen inside di plant. on Friday, di official confirm say di disengagement letter na original, but talk say people don misinterpret wetin e mean. Yes, di letter correct. But di way people take interpret am no correct. Di interpretation be say e affect some people because of some kind things wey dem discover for inside refinery. E no get anything to do with union or any of those kind talk, di official talk.  According to am, di move na to block all di leakages and protect di company property after sabotage don happen many times. E no mean say dem don sack anybody. Dat one no correct. Wetin really happen be say dem just put check in place. Na like clean-up for di system to see where all dis sabotage and leakage dey come from, so dem fit tackle am. Once dem solve di wahala, di people go come back. Na why e no be sack, and dem no even use that word at all, di official explain. E still add say dem do di exercise suddenly so that those wey dey involved for di alleged sabotage no go fit hide wetin dem don do. Dem don notice some sabotage wey dey happen steady, and di company just dey try protect its property. You no fit do dis kain thing give two weeks notice, if not, di people wey dey do am go hide evidence and make everything worse, di official talk.

Di official still talk say refinery work still dey go on as normal, and both Nigerians and expatriates still dey actively work for inside di plant. “As we dey talk now, people still dey work for inside refinery. Di people wey di thing affect know themselves. Anybody wey no receive letter, e mean say e no affect am. If your hand no dey inside any sabotage, you no get anything to fear,  di official talk. When dem try reach Dangote spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, he no reply di messages wey our correspondent send give am. One copy of di disengagement letter wey our correspondent see on Friday, na dem address am to all staff of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE and Dangote Industries Free Zone Development Company. Di letter talk say: Because of di many recent cases of sabotage wey don happen for different parts of di refinery wey don cause serious safety wahala, Management no get choice than to do total reorganisation of di plant. Because of dis development, we wan let you know say your service no dey needed again, starting from Thursday eve, 25th September, 2025. Abeg return all Company property wey dey your hand give your line manager and collect exit clearance. But di exact date wey you go do am, we go tell you later. Finance Department, as dem see copy of dis letter, don get instruction make dem calculate all your benefits and entitlements based on your employment agreement and conditions of service. Dem go pay you wetin remain after dem minus any money wey you still owe, but na only if you don collect di exit clearance certificate wey we mention above. We use dis opportunity thank you for your service while you dey work with us. Di refinery wey start production for 2024 with plenty celebration and high hope say e go end Nigeria wahala of importing fuel for many years, don already dey face serious operational gbege and wahala with workers. Recently, di refinery enter serious quarrel with Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over how dem dey treat workers and di kind safety standard wey dey for di place. Di oil workers’ union don accuse di company of “doing oga too much” and warn say dem don dey see one kain pattern of unfair treatment wey no favour workers at all. Di refinery still get wahala with Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria over fuel price and how dem dey share product. Marketers talk say Dangote dey put strong-head conditions wey fit scatter how things suppose work for downstream market.