The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike, which it initiated as a result of a dispute with Dangote Refinery.

The suspension of the strike was announced on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja by the PENGASSAN president, Festus Osifo.

He explained that the union’s National Executive Council held an emergency meeting where it was decided to suspend the strike to give room for the process of absorbing the sacked Dangote refinery workers, as agreed by all parties during a reconciliatory meeting facilitated by the federal government.

Osifo, however, warned that PENGASSAN would resume the industrial action without notice if the management of Dangote Refinery fails to honour the agreement.

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