MTN Nigeria says about 6,000 Nigerians will lose their jobs if MTN is
made to leave Nigeria. Head of Communications MTN, Mr Wale Goodluck said
this while reacting to calls by a protest group in Edo state yesterday
that the telecommunications offices in Nigeria will be shut and their
installations attacked if the xenophobic attacks in South Africa
continues.
Mr Goodluck said there are only 12 expatriates working for
the company in Nigeria 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% of our workforce will be unemployed. ..expdonaloaded.blogspot.com
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. 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,” he said
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