Overview

• Government officials are meeting the oil workers' union on Monday after a walkout that union leaders say threatens nationwide fuel supply.
• PENGASSAN directed branches to halt crude and gas deliveries to the Dangote Refinery from September 28, instructing that supply valves be shut and vessel loadings stopped.
• The union alleges more than 800 Nigerian workers were dismissed and replaced largely by foreign nationals, a central assertion underpinning the shutdown order.
• Dangote Refinery denies mass sackings, says only a very small number were laid off in a reorganisation citing sabotage, and argues the union has no legal authority to cut contracted supplies.
• The refinery has suspended petrol sales in naira from September 28, citing crude shortfalls and foreign exchange mismatches that could add pressure on prices and the currency.