Deadlock as Dangote Group Rejects Memorandum of Understanding Terms at Labour Ministry Meeting.

The high-level consultative meeting between the Federal Government, executives of Nigeria Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers NUPENG, Dangote Group, and other stakeholders ended in a deadlock.

The meeting, which was held at the conference room of the Ministry of Labour, had in attendance the national executives of NUPENG and officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, with plans to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to put an immediate end to the ongoing conflict.

Sources at the meeting noted that following the intermediary role played by the labour ministry, resolutions of the Memorandum of Understanding were read for all parties to agree upon and sign. However, disagreements with some of the resolutions by officials of the Dangote Group led to further talks.