MTN Threatens To Sack 6,000 Nigerians Over Xenophobia

Hours after two groups protested in its Abuja and
Benin offices against the violent killing of
foreigners in its home country, South Africa, MTN
nigeria on Monday warned that should there be
attacks on its facilities, 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, there are only 12
expatriates working for the company in the
country, compared to a workforce of 6,000
Nigerians. It also said that calls for the boycott of
its services were unjustified as such an action
would affect its
support chain, which could cause another 500,000
Nigerians to lose their means of livelihood.
Punch reports that Goodluck said:
"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.
This business supports a lot of businesses across
the length and breadth of Nigeria. Many of the
businesses that are affiliated to South Africa are in
the retail space, supporting the growth of Nigeria
and employing so many Nigerians."
He noted that the company had spent in excess of
$15bn on capital expenditure growing the
telecommunications business in Nigeria.
"We see no revenge of Xenophobia and we
commend the role the Nigerian High
Commissioner in South Africa has played; at least
there has been no fatality on the part of any
Nigerian," Goodluck added.



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