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.
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.
The company stated this in Lagos some
hours after two groups protested in its
Abuja and Benin offices against the killing
of foreigners in its home country, South
Africa.
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.
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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