Leading digital mobile operator, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, has replaced 285 expatriates with Nigerian workers in a move to save costs and also encourage local content in the company.

The Corporate Service Executive, MTN, Mr. Wale Goodluck, disclosed this at MTN Leadership Forum in Abuja, where leading management author, Dr. Ram Charan, spoke on the imperatives of growing the Nigerian economy.

Goodluck said at the time MTN entered Nigeria in 2001, the company had expatriate staff of 300, but added that the burden of catering for the large expatriate workers was heavy, thereby informing the decision to replace them with Nigerians.

He said MTN was able to replace the expatriates through the twin policy of poaching Nigerians in the Diaspora and investing in the training of local engineers.

Goodluck added that the investment of the company in training of Nigerian engineers had paid off, with MTN now sending them to work in other countries.

Delivering the lecture, which was attended by key persons in government, including the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Prof. Nwanze Okidegbe, Charan said it was important for the Federal Government to focus on a few things in order to attract quality Foreign Direct Investments.

Charan said it was difficult for any nation to make it without sufficient FDIs, adding that Nigeria did not need to eliminate corruption before jump-starting the economy.

Positing that corruption was inherent in all countries, he said while Nigeria could put some energy into fighting it, the most important thing to do was to pick a few things to focus on and create the large picture in the minds of the people.

In a similar development, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Prof. Cleopas Angaye, emphasised the need to raise the human capital to ensure the transformation of the nation.

Angaye, who spoke at the opening of an ICT capacity-building workshop for senators in Abuja on Thursday, said NITDA had embarked on massive investment in ICT capacity-building.

“The development of requisite ICT human capital will enhance the capacities of individuals and working teams, whilst improving organisation systems and process as well as fostering national development, economic growth and global competitiveness,” he said.

The NITDA boss added that well-developed human capital would enhance productivity and provide additional source of foreign exchange for the country.

SOURCE: www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/mtn-replaces-285-expatriates-with-nigerian-workers/

This is a welcomed development a very sure way to build on d pottential of d human resources nigeria as to offer if oda major companies can emulate dis am sure in a short period of time our youths will b intellectuall and work driven nt money driven
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Signs of endtime for the company

and with their Nigerian staff becoming expats in other countries, MTN is one of the best things that ever happened to corporate Nigeria.

They created a boom in the media and the advertising industry would have been dead without them.

You can't imagine the number of jobs that have been created directly and indirectly and the manpower that has been trained and retrained

They took the risk and invested billions of dollars when other networks watched skeptically from the shores of the Middle East and Europe

Good move! Still waiting for the first to do away with outsourcing companies. . .indirect employment.

Good news as MTN is porting from Expatriates so Nigerians

good news

Thats nice...
I wish the Nigerians will be paid like the expatriate!

Keneking: Signs of endtime for the company

Meaning? You mean that Nigerians will end their company? Why?

Keneking: Signs of endtime for the company

You may be making some points there. Maybe they don't have enough money to continue funding the foreign expatriate.

These are all lies! Just as they lie about their networks.

What he has not told us yet is how many local staff will cease from being MTN direct staff when the implement their manpower outsourcing policy. When that is done, many MTN personnel would become outsourced mainly to the vendors, that would mean lesser pay.

SlyIg:
Thats if Nigerians will be paid like the expatriate!

Did you read the article at all

Hahaha..

The coy simply wants to reduce cost by employing Nigerians they can be paying peanuts.

That is good provided that they will also be treated like epatriates.

SlyIg:
You may be making some points there. Maybe they don't have enough money to continue funding the foreign expatriate.

Hmmmmm so dey are looking for cheap labour, abi? So dey can not fund the foreigners again with that their high tariff and d leading company in telecommunication join.ok oo. ?

I hope that does not affect the company's quality of service. Some people seem to lack the ability to pay attention to details, which is what makes all the difference in the end.

SlyIg: Thats nice...
Thats if Nigerians will be paid like the expatriate!

The move is made to save cost. Paying them thousand of Euros or dollars will somehow defeat the aim.

What could an expatriate do that a trained Nigerian would not do Good one MTN. The more local we are in everything the better for the economy.

Hope you pay the Nigerians the same remunerations you offered the Foreigners. Anything less will be unacceptable by me, my Nigerians are not second fiddle. We are a golden pacesetters. Ask Dangote, a potential world richest human.

Billyonaire: Hope you pay the Nigerians the same remunerations you offered the Foreigners. Anything less will be unacceptable by me, my Nigerians are not second fiddle. We are a golden pacesetters. Ask Dangote, a potential world richest human.

Made men

Keneking: Signs of endtime for the company

Lmao

SlyIg:
You may be making some points there. Maybe they don't have enough money to continue funding the foreign expatriate.

Kinda

Leading digital mobile operator, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, has replaced 285 expatriates with Nigerian workers in a move to save costs and also encourage local content in the company.

You mean replaced with contract staffs?

MTN YOU TRY SHA BUT.....VISIT MY PROFILE. JUST PASSING BY

I'm sure the Nigerians would be paid PEANUTS since they fired the expatriates to save cost.

surugede: What he has not told us yet is how many local staff will cease from being MTN direct staff when the implement their manpower outsourcing policy. When that is done, many MTN personnel would become outsourced mainly to the vendors, that would mean lesser pay.

think its on already.

Gud 4 us.