The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) has again accused the Dangote refinery of plans to crush the activities of Petroleum Truck Drivers and ensure that they are unable to employ drivers.

In a statement jointly signed by Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawale, the national executive president and general secretary of the union on Friday, stated that the move by Dangote Refinery is a GREEK GIFT to ensure that other employers of Petroleum Truck Drivers are unable to employ drivers so that only those employed by the company who are forced to join the DTCDA will remain in employment.

“Nigerians should not be deceived by the offer of free nationwide delivery of petroleum products to dispensing stations. It is a GREEK GIFT to ensure that other employers of Petroleum.
Truck Drivers are unable to employ drivers, so only those employed by the company who are forced to join the DTCDA will remain in employment. Everything is targeted at crushing NUPENG and its PTD Branch,” the statement read.

It also stated that aside from the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, there are other operational and administrative workers of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company, who the management has been preventing and obstructing from belonging to the Union.

The Union alleged that Dangote Group does not allow unionisation of workers in all its cement and sugar plants across Nigeria.

“Nigerians should not support a work arrangement in which drivers and other workers in the Dangote Group will be denied the right to enjoy freedom of association and unionisation.

“The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers is alerting the whole world that nothing untoward should happen to any of our leaders championing this struggle because we know how desperate and destructive capitalists with filthy wealth can be when cornered and exposed,” it stated.

This is coming shortly after Dangote Refinery announced that it is ready to begin free distribution of petrol to stations on Monday, 15th September, even at a reduced price.

With this initiative, which the Dangote Group had earlier announced would kick off on August 15, 2025, Petroleum products will be distributed to consumers with its 4,000 compressed natural gas trucks at zero logistics cost, and the new gantry price is N820 per litre.

According to the refinery, with the new price template, in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, and Ekiti, Dangote Refinery’s petrol retail price stands at N841 from N860 per litre.