WorldStage– Sources have disclosed that recent sack of some employees of the Dangote Refinery was as a result of a purported WhatsApp group created, through which PENGASSAN officials were said to have shared forms with the refinery’s employees and requested daily reports on the refinery operations.
The sources claimed the group then became a platform for sharing sensitive information about operations, which the management viewed as a breach of trust and a threat to the refinery’s operations.
While the refinery management maintained that the sacking was part of a total re-organisation exercise, the sources affirmed that the real reason was sharing confidential information with outsiders.
“What put them into trouble is a WhatsApp group. PENGASSAN reached out to them, asking that they join the union and that they would protect them. Then, they created a WhatsApp group where they share forms to them, and ask them to send reports about what is going on in the refinery.
“So, they were sharing reports every day. That was how it leaked. The content that was going on in the WhatsApp group, and the information they were sharing is sabotage.
“That was how the Dangote people took action quickly,” the sources narrated.
