Less than 48 hours after suspending its strike, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has accused the management of Dangote Refinery of violating the resolutions earlier agreed upon. In a statement jointly signed by its President, Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, the union warned that it could resume the suspended strike if the breach of agreement involving Dangote Refinery, the Federal Government, and NUPENG’s Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) persists. “We are by this statement placing all our members on red alert for the resumption of the suspended nationwide industrial action and calling on the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade 1 Support Our Dream Union Congress, all regional and global working people, and civil society organisations to rise in support and solidarity against this threat of the capitalist world,” NUPENG stated. The union claimed that at a meeting convened by the Department of State Services and attended by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the management of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals agreed to the unionisation of its employees. It further stated that, notwithstanding the resolution reached and signed at the office of the DSS with three on the right of unionisation of the workers, truck drivers who were NUPENG-PTD members for several years were ordered to remove the union’s stickers from their trucks yesterday. The statement partly read, “We call on the Federal Government not to allow the Navy and other security agents who are paid by the resources of this country to be used with impunity against the laws and people of this country. “Security agents should not allow an individual to ride roughshod with impunity, even while not observing terms of agreement reached in meetings in which security agents facilitated, along with ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” The union suspended its strike on Tuesday after reaching an agreement with the management of Dangote Refinery to recognise workers’ rights to unionise. The agreement was brokered during a closed-door meeting convened by the Department of State Services (DSS), with the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in attendance. NLC’s Acting General Secretary, Benson Upah, confirmed the outcome of the talks, while the Ministry of Labour disclosed that a formal statement would soon be issued. The resolution came on the heels of a conciliation meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment on Monday, September 8, 2025, after NUPENG had threatened strike action over the company’s initial refusal to recognise workers’ union rights.