- Dangote Refinery Rehires Disengaged Engineers, Redeploys Them Across States
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Re-employed staff redeployed to projects in seven Nigerian states.
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Workers raise safety concerns over postings in high-risk areas.
The Dangote Refinery has re-engaged the engineers it dismissed last month following its industrial dispute with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to Punch, the reabsorbed staff have now been redeployed under Dangote Projects Limited to various project sites across Borno, Zamfara, Benue, Ebonyi, Niger, Sokoto, and Kebbi States.
Some of the affected engineers, who spoke anonymously, said they were directed to collect re-employment and redeployment letters. Many of them, previously serving as graduate trainees, have now been posted to Dangote’s coal, rice, and concrete projects in different parts of the country.
One re-engagement letter sighted by Punch, titled “Offer of Trainee Engagement”, stated that the engineers were being re-employed as Engineer Trainees (Mechanical Engineering) for the coal project in Okpokwu, Benue State. It also noted that the engagement would last two years, combining classroom training and fieldwork. The letter, signed by Femi Adekunle, Chief General Manager, Human Asset Management, said either party could terminate the contract with one month’s notice or salary in lieu.
Despite the re-employment, some workers expressed worry over postings to areas considered unsafe. “The issue is that the letters have no clear reporting addresses, and many of the locations are high-risk zones,” one of them said. “PENGASSAN has advised us not to accept the letters yet while talks continue.”
A Dangote Group official confirmed that the redeployment followed an agreement reached with the union, explaining that the affected engineers were being absorbed into other business units across the conglomerate.
The development comes weeks after PENGASSAN shut down oil facilities nationwide over the alleged sack of about 800 refinery workers. Government intervention later led to a resolution requiring the company to redeploy the engineers instead of terminating their contracts.
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