DANGOTE REFINERY HAS RIGHT TO SANCTION WORKERS FOR SABOTAGE – MURIC

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

DATE: 29^th November, 2025

‎PRESS RELEASE:

DANGOTE REFINERY HAS RIGHT TO SANCTION WORKERS FOR SABOTAGE – MURIC

The management of Dangote Refinery recently alleged that some of its Nigerian workers attempted to sabotage its facilities. Reacting to the allegation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has opined that the management of the refinery has inalienable right to sanction workers found to have engaged in such a disgraceful act.

‎‎MURIC said further:

‎‎”Dangote Refinery recently alleged that some of its Nigerian workers attempted to sabotage its facilities 22 times. According to the refinery, the incidents include triggering fires, manipulating machines and other mischievous attempts though all the attempts were foiled by the refinery’s advanced control and monitoring system (https://opr.news/260ec5e8251125en_ng?link=1&client=news).

‎‎”MURIC is disturbed by this disclosure. It beats us hollow that at a time when many find themselves among the army of unemployed Nigerians, some people who should consider themselves lucky to be employed in one of the highest paying companies in the country diverted their attention to sabotaging the same company that puts bread on their table. It amounts to biting the finger that feeds them.

‎‎”This new refinery and its management do not deserve this. It is irresponsible, disappointing, unpatriotic and immoral.

‎‎”Moreso in a refinery that has become the cynosure of all eyes, not only in Nigeria but across the world, earning the much needed foreign exchange from all corners of the globe as its top ten importers include the USA, Spain, France, South Korea, Singapore, etc (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/dangote-refinery-usa-spain-france-south-korea-singapore-others-make-top-10-importers/; https://businessday.ng/business-economy/article/these-4-african-countries-buy-petrol-from-dangote-refineries/).

“Nigerians have suffered enough. From days of fuel scarcity, long queues and sleeping at petrol stations for days, Dangote Refinery propelled the Nigerian petroleum ecosystem to the present season of fuel abundance, lower price and total absence of black market practice.

“It will be an unprecedented fall from grace to grass if we allow a few greedy and unpatriotic Nigerians to force this country back to the days of suffering. With our oil reserve capacity at a proven 38 billion barrels, our natural gas reserves of 210 Tscf and as the leading oil producing country in Africa churning out 1.549 million barrels per day as at November 2025, we deserve steady availability of fuel at the lowest price.

“It must also be added that Nigeria has attained self-sufficiency in fuel supply as the output from Dangote Refinery has reached 1.4 million barrels per day whereas the total daily consumption of fuel in Nigeria is between 48 and 50 million litres of fuel as at 2024 and 2025. This means we are going to be very comfortable in the oil sector for a long time as long as we do not allow disruption via sabotage or radical and irresponsible unionism within Dangote Refinery.

‎‎”As in all other private establishments, the management of the refinery has inalienable right to sanction workers found to have engaged in such a disgraceful act bearing in mind that sabotage was partly responsible for the fall of Nigeria’s three refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna.

‎‎”Any attempt from any quarter to vindicate the culprits or extenuate their diabolical action must be condemned. Indiscipline must not be condoned in such a sensitive department of the economy. The system must be sanitized. We assert very strongly that Dangote Refinery has the inalienable right to sanction saboteur workers.”

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‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)