By Victor Ahiuma-Younger
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has ordered full-scale mobilization of its affiliate unions for a nationwide strike towards what it described because the Dangote Group’s “deliberate anti-worker campaign” and disrespect for Nigeria’s labour legal guidelines.
The directive, issued in an inside memo signed by NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, on September 29, 2025, mentioned the time for “pleading and fruitless dialogue” with the conglomerate was over and that the second had come for “decisive, collective motion.”
In keeping with the memo, “The continued disputes with PENGASSAN and NUPENG are solely signs of a deeper downside: a systemic anti-labour coverage of union-busting, employee exploitation, and disrespect for the rule of legislation that defines the Group’s industrial relations practices.”
“For too lengthy, the Dangote Group has operated like a state inside a state, flouting Part 40 of the Nigerian Structure, violating ILO Conventions 87 and 98, and treating our labour legal guidelines with contempt. Its services have turn into plantations of exploitation the place employees’ dignity is intentionally crushed in pursuit of revenue for a number of.
“The time for pleading and fruitless dialogue is over. The second for decisive, collective motion is now. All affiliate unions are hereby positioned on quick and full alert, start vigorous and complete unionisation of all employees inside Dangote services underneath your jurisdiction. It is a strategic precedence.
“Start preparations to mobilise members and sources for full-scale, decisive engagement towards the Dangote Group’s anti-labour stance.
“The Congress additionally issued clear calls for to the Dangote Group: “Unconditional respect for employees’ proper to freely be part of unions of their selection, an finish to intimidation, victimisation, and union-busting actions, and full compliance with Nigeria’s labour legal guidelines and establishments.
“To implement the directive, every affiliate union has been instructed to instantly arrange an Motion Mobilisation Committee and liaise with the NLC Nationwide Secretariat inside 72 hours to coordinate technique, logistics, and communication. Unity of function and motion is non-negotiable.
“The NLC accused the Dangote Group of working with impunity, alleging that regulatory authorities had didn’t rein in its excesses. The impunity of the Dangote Group should be met with the collective resistance of organised labour. No quantity of propaganda or paid brokers will cease us from defending employees’ rights, particularly within the face of regulatory seize, the place the state seems to have abdicated its responsibility to carry this conglomerate accountable.
“The blood and sweat of Nigerian employees constructed the Dangote empire; we won’t enable it to turn into a monument to their oppression. Collectively we stand! Collectively, we are going to overcome!”
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