The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has called off its two-day strike after a meeting with the Dangote Group on Tuesday.

NUPENG President, Williams Akporeha, said that the Dangote refinery team, led by Sayyu Dantata, agreed to allow its drivers to unionise, according to The Punch.

He added that the meeting was convened at the instance of the Department of State Services.

“We have suspended the strike. The Dangote refinery has agreed to unionise its drivers. We signed an agreement,” Akporeha said in a telephone conversation.

It was earlier reported that petroleum tanker drivers on Monday carried out their threat to halt fuel loading over a dispute with the Dangote refinery regarding the unionisation of drivers.

This action went ahead despite appeals from the Federal Government urging them to suspend the strike.

In several parts of the country, NUPENG members also shut filling stations, while operations were halted at the Aradel refinery in Obele, Port Harcourt, and the Kwale Hydrocarbon facility in Delta State.

The union had on Friday announced plans to suspend fuel loading this week, alleging that the Dangote refinery intended to bar drivers recruited for its 4,000 trucks from joining NUPENG.