ExxonMobil office shut over attempt to sack more than 100 Nigerians

ExxonMobil Lagos office has been shut down by its own workers, in protest to attempts by the company to sack more than 100 Nigerian workers.

An insider, who spoke to TheCable, said the office was shut after a “dispute between the employees union — Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) — and Mobil management on initiating an arbitrary sack of Nigerian employees without conclusive negotiations”.

The protest at ExxonMobil, reputed to be one of the most valuable companies in the world, may also extend to the company’s oil facilities if the sack goes on arbitrarily.