{"id":122842,"date":"2025-10-09T01:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122842"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:44:25","slug":"students-storm-national-assembly-demand-protection-for-dangote-refinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/students-storm-national-assembly-demand-protection-for-dangote-refinery\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Storm National Assembly, Demand Protection for Dangote Refinery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A massive crowd of protesters, led by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Wednesday, besieged the main gate of the National Assembly in Abuja, demanding an end to what they described as the \u201charassment\u201d of Aliko Dangote and his multi-billion-dollar refinery project.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The demonstrators, who carried placards with inscriptions such as \u201cLet Dangote Breathe,\u201d \u201cProtect Dangote Refinery,\u201d \u201cNigerians and NANS Stand with Dangote,\u201d and \u201cProscribe PENGASSAN Now,\u201d called on the federal legislature to take decisive steps to safeguard the refinery from what they termed undue interference from labour unions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Despite the closure of the main gate against the protesters, the demonstration remained peaceful, with security operatives maintaining order throughout the exercise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the crowd, NANS President, Comrade Olusola Oladoja, appealed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and all federal lawmakers to intervene in the ongoing face-off between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are here today to register our opposition to what labour unions are doing to Dangote and to Nigerians in general. Is it a crime to be a patriot?\u201d Oladoja queried.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He stressed that protecting the refinery was in the national interest, noting that its full operation would help end Nigeria\u2019s dependence on fuel importation and permanently resolve issues of scarcity and high pump prices.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIf Dangote Refinery is protected and allowed to function effectively, the woes of fuel importation will be over. We say no to harassment, no to PENGASSAN, and no to those who want to frustrate this national asset,\u201d he declared.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oladoja also lamented the refusal of security operatives to allow the protesters into the National Assembly complex but commended them for maintaining order and preventing any breakdown of law and order.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A protest letter addressed to the leadership of the National Assembly was handed over to security personnel at the gate for onward delivery to the appropriate authorities.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja A massive crowd of protesters, led by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Wednesday, besieged the main gate of the National Assembly in Abuja,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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