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.
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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