Courtroom Stops PENGASSAN’s Strike Towards Dangote Refinery

The Nationwide Industrial Courtroom sitting in Abuja has at this time (Monday) issued an interim order stopping the Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Senior Workers Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from persevering with with its nationwide industrial motion towards the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE.

Justice Emmanuel Sublim, presiding over the matter, granted the order on Monday saying the strike meant to disrupt the operations of the Refinery by slicing crude and fuel provides to it, was able to inflicting severe harm to the nation’s economic system and due to this fact the Affiliation ought to cease forthwith.

The choice of the court docket was consequent upon an ex-parte utility filed by the Refinery’s counsel, Mr. George Ibrahim, SAN.

In the identical vein, the court docket equally restrained key regulatory our bodies, the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL), the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) from implementing any directive by PENGASSAN to halt crude oil and fuel provide to the refinery.

In his ruling, Justice Sublim stated the court docket agreed with the Refinery’s submission that the strike may trigger irreparable harm if not promptly addressed.

He emphasised the necessity to keep the established order pending the dedication of the substantive movement.

The court docket additional directed that the restraining order and swimsuit be served on all defendants directly. The matter has been adjourned until October 13 for listening to of the movement on discover.