Xenophobia: MTN Nigeria warns of 6,000 job losses

MTN Nigeria has reacted to threats to attack its  facilities as a retaliation for the killings in South Africa warnig that it might be forced to close shop and 99 per cent of its over 6,000 workforce in the country, who are Nigerians, would be thrown into the labour market.

According to the Corporate Service Executive, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Wale Goodluck, who spoke in Lagos yesterday, there are only 12 expatriates working for the company in the country, compared to a workforce of 6,000 Nigerians. ‘So, if people go ahead with their threats to attack our facilities, what that means is that we may be forced to close down the business in Nigeria and about 6,000 Nigerians that make up 99 per cent of our workforce will be unemployed’.

“Then, when you look at our support chain, we have about 500,000 Nigerians gainfully employed. So, boycotting our services simply means destroying so many other Nigerian businesses and making over 500,000 other Nigerians to lose their jobs.

Source:PUNCH