AIRDIG:

You are so full of it. Muslim this, Muslim that. Have your reasoning gone to the dog?
Warri bombing= Muslims?; Yenagoa bombing=Muslims?, Abuja Oct. 1st bombing Muslims?
So MEND, Okah, Jessy & co are now Muslim.
You are so blinded by hatred, it is obviously eating you up.

Hasty generalisation will lead you senselessness. I can understand you hate Muslims but your speculation is unwarranted (Think! what will Jesus do? Thou shall not bear false witness, remember!).
Let the Security outfit do their thing and give the truth based on Intel rather than your hate-filled anti-Muslim ranting.

BTW, The sad event is horrendous and evil. My condolence to those affected. The perpetrators will be defeated! The leadership must rise up to the occasion

Al jeezera-bomb blast in Iraq,50 killed in pakistan.Can you differentiate between suicide bombing and agitations for benefits from the resources that Atiku who this resources lie more than 1000km from his fathers compound want to control by inciting his Muslim brothers to start bombing Nigeria?

If you like call it generalization or whatever,if Atiku made that statement in the context we are right in, in the West,he should have been invited to clarify himself because such statements is inciting.I cannot love those who kill in the name of God.If Muslims behave,then they will be my friends.Jesus did not say that I should befriend a terrorist.

Atiku has a case to answer.When he was eloquently quoting JFK out of context,what was he or his press guys thinking of? Inciting Muslims whose religion already sanctions violence?

In Ibo it is said that when a mother goat is chewing it cord,the daughter goat will be watching to imitate her.I wonder why Nigerians are so surprised at this various bomb blasts.Is it today that they have suddenly woken up to the fact that we have millions of Muslims in this country.Islam sanctions violence  and religious war via Jihad.Tune to Al jeezera and you hear of daily suicide bombing in Afghanistan,Iraq and Pakistan by Muslims against fellow Muslims.I knew that it would come to this someday.But one thing I know and I am convinced of is that despite any act to cause consternation in this country,power is rotating from the north to the south.If it were a northern,he would have arrested Atiku for that treasonable statement he made recently and keep him behind bars till the elections is over.That statement alone is enough motivation for some religious fundamentalist to cause mayhem.Why are we not seeing bombings in the christian strongholds of southern Nigeria.Is it not a Muslim group that claimed responsibility which the Sultan described as faceless?

HBase

Read books!I have read all the books written by all US president since the time of Reagan before becoming presidents.Read these books so that understand how they think and why US is so successful.It the government and the citizens that protect their economy.They don't leave it to the whims of business men.Ask me why they doled out over 12trillion in 2009 for bailout by different countries?

Read clash of civilization bu Samuel Huntington and start thinking straight towards salvaging Nigeria

I see the people that put us on terror list jostling to get mining licenses.Hypocritical capitalists

tkb417:

finito!!

and i think his confusing lies where the woman mentioned economies of scale
na wa
pls appeal to some economic sense not just your opinion
my people perish cos they dont have knowledge

so if i move to a country with less market, its a heinous crime?

what about big multinations that have their Head offices in places like seychelles, cyprus and some other tax havens

are they silly too?

so the US coys that moved offices to Dubai dont have the interest of Americans at heart

wetin sef? is this difficult to understand it has no bearing on the cost of fish in the open market?

too much ado over irrelevances

Bloody economist.I will refer you to chapter five of Audacity of Hope by Obama so that you will begin to think right. When countries are thinking of protecting their economies and creating jobs you are here talking rubbish.The tax regime in Nigeria and Ghana, which is better? This is MTN apathy and hatred and ingratitude to Nigerians compounded by our crazy leadership.

oyb:

and you wonder why mtn did not setup their hq in naija where we respond to kidnappings of foreigners with 'we expect more of the same '

why won't many befall us when we prefer a dead man in saudi hospital to a bouncing young VP who could have cooled the polity.MTN issue is an economic sabotage.Why re the oil companies still in the Nige Delta.They should pack and leave immediately.MTN is SA company and they have never hidden their dislike of Nigerians.How many expatriates have been kidnapped from VI,Ikeja or Ikoyi since the kidnapping started. If the office is in Lekki,who is going to kidnap them.

oyb:


you have already been answered

it is a head office. do you think oceanic banks new head office is going to lead to serious employment opportunities? all that a head office means is that some ogas will relocate. nothing more.

You talk of serous employment opportunities until its up to many thousands that is when we should be concerned.Make this argument with a US citizen.he will remind you that the problems of the black man will persist for a long time to come because they don not know their problems.

Join the group on facebook 'Boycott Mtn:mtn Ungrateful To 30 Million Nigerian Subscribers'

tkb417:


can u explain how changes in the legal structure affects the jobs of Nigerians

i tot they were just moving the decision makin house to Ghana

are they carrying the masts

. . . . pls what jobs will be lost
what are u saying?

Read some exceprts from a major Ghana news website below

"The establishment of the office in Ghana provides enormous benefits not only to our business but to the country and we are excited to be hosting it," Ms Dumor said.

She said the benefits include leveraging economies of scale in respect of supply of telecoms infrastructure across the region, which will have positive implications for the national agenda to make Ghana the gateway to West Africa.

Ms Dumor said it would also create opportunities to apply Ghanaian knowledge, expertise and experience to other MTN operating units' technical and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

Ghana has been recognized at the MTN Group level for execution excellence in Marketing and Social Responsibility.

"Indeed the Ghana operating unit continues to support knowledge sharing in these key areas of the business," Ms Dumor said.

If MTN locates it head office in Accra,surely the head office will be staffed by MTN workers who will comprise of expatriates and but the host country citizens will be given a quota according to their laws.Now this people have 30 million subscribers which is more than 50 percent of all the subscribers base in the 9 WECA countries.Is it fair to make all the money here and go and locate their office in a supposedly serene environment in far away Accra.With the apathy of Ghanaian toward Nigerians,do you think that Nigerians will have full opportunities to work there.Even if its only 1000 jobs that will be created do you know the implication on our economy.This is economic sabotage.Why is Dubai booming because it is a hub for the middle east.Do you know that many other companies can follow suit.How do you create jobs when all these companies are leaving? MTN Nigeria and SA are the pillars of MTN world wide.Moreover they said that Ghana has friendly business climate but the profits come from Nigeria.

Think Nigerians think.Until they close some offices in Lagos and move the jobs to Accra,we will wake up in our usual manner.Yar'Adua has been sick since but we refuse to speak out until recent events.

YourMum:

So what should we do?

What should you do? What have you done about Yar'Adua's incapacitation? Ndi ara

oyb:

you need to stop talking out of both sides of your mouth

have u stopped to ask yourself WHY they chose to 'insult' nigeria? have you stopped to wonder why they would choose to setup in a nation that does not comprise their largest market?

instead of pondering the sad state of nigeria, you prefer to bluster .

one moment you are going on about kicking them out - not considering the effects on the economy and job market, the next you are going on about  how the us is concerned about 1000 low paying jobs.

is our government concerned about jobs at all? are they good fr anything beyond issuing vacuous ultimatums 'seven point agendas and failed 6000mw promises?

MTN should not complicate Nigerians problem.We have enough on our plate.This is economic sabotage.30million subscribers and you run it from Accra.Its not fair.Even the government claims to be dump,the citizens can help salvage the nation.

This no news! I expect more to come.

oyb:


all that one is just politicans grammer

next thing u will be telling me is that all those companies with offshore headquarters are applying the knowledge of their host countries

You make me laugh because I see that Nigerians don't know what our fundamental problems are.

Nigerians are miss guided and are so daft.Pick up a copy of Audacity of Hope and read chapter 5.You will understand that the US is concerned about 1000 jobs call it low paying or otherwise that is outsourced to mainly Asian countries.One cardinal points with which Obama rose to become president was this issue of jobs and he talks about t everyday.If you know what MTN is worth you will undertand the implication of a office that will oversee 30million Nigerian subscribers located in Ghana.

Read some exceprts from a major Ghana news website below[i]

"The establishment of the office in Ghana provides enormous benefits not only to our business but to the country and we are excited to be hosting it," Ms Dumor said.

She said the benefits include leveraging economies of scale in respect of supply of telecoms infrastructure across the region, which will have positive implications for the national agenda to make[b] Ghana the gateway to West Africa.[/b]

Ms Dumor said it would also create opportunities to apply Ghanaian knowledge, expertise and experience to other MTN operating units' technical and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

Ghana has been recognized at the MTN Group level for execution excellence in Marketing and Social Responsibility.

"Indeed the Ghana operating unit continues to support knowledge sharing in these key areas of the business," Ms Dumor said.[/i]

Are you getting in the clear at all?

@poster

When other countries currently allow their citizens to vote from abroad and many more are moving towards that norm,you are making this mad post.If you saw opportunity to escape Nigeria.wont you take advantage of it? Hypocrite.Onye ara!

Where is the man who granted an interview this morning? let him speak up.The hour has come again.second amnesty on the way abi!

Nigerians have to understand that the over N700 million MTN spends on energy is transferred directly to the subscribers. We contribute over 50 percent of subscribers in WA and about 25 of MTN subscribers base worldwide.It is MTN Nigeria and SA that are the pillars of the group.They recently sacked 65 workers and many more are to come when they become fully operational in their purported office in Accra.This economic sabotage.They make the money from Nigeria and over see it from Accra.Do you know how thousand above average corporate jobs that will be created to combat the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria.If the country host an unfriendly business climate they should pull out.

jas_o:

You are calling on people to boycott MTN while the most important one is neglected. Your president has been on AWO for more than a month you didn't superhead the call for his impeachment but for MTN, slowpoke!
With the situation in the country and if you're in position to judge would you ignore Ghana for Nigeria? your resent Al-qaeda scene will position you ahead other country in the world even America.
Mumu

What can you and I do? He has been away for over forty days.When Falana and the rest could not make impart.It will be common me.Even if he is in Nigeria.Is there going to be any difference? When I published on 9th Nov 2009 that he should resign on nigeriarevolution..com,I was vilified.May Yar'Adua reign forever from the confines of Saudi hospital ward.

We are talking about a company making billions of $ from about 30 million Nigerians and ignoring them.If our politicians and polices are sane such things cannot happen.Even at that MTN has insulted Nigerians.

Nigerians are cowards? Anyone who realizes this now is doing so late because we have been and will continue to be.

"But I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent,and gave me a good education to develop that talent,set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing- and make me a lot of money doing it.The last I can do is help pay for all that"

Warren Buffet in Obama's Audacity of Hope

Yesterday news emanated that from Ghanaian sources that "The MTN Group has confirmed that the Head office of the West and Central Africa (WECA) region would to be located in Ghana, a statement in Accra said on Monday."

The news report went on thus


The WECA regional office comprises of nine operating units - Nigeria, Benin, Cote D'Ivoire Liberia, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Congo Brazzaville and Ghana.

   

Ms. Mawuena Adjo Dumor, Corporate Service Executive of MTN Ghana, said Ghana was chosen because of its friendly business environment among other things.

   

She said the WECA headquarters would be located at MTN Ghana's head office in Accra and would be the administrative hub of the nine countries that constituted the WECA region.

   

Hitherto, the WECA regional office director, Mr. Christian De Faria, who is also Vice President of the region, did not have a stable office so had been moving from country to country to do his work, but he would now work from Ghana.

   

"The establishment of the office in Ghana provides enormous benefits not only to our business but to the country and we are excited to be hosting it," Ms Dumor said.

   

She said the benefits include leveraging economies of scale in respect of supply of telecoms infrastructure across the region, which will have positive implications for the national agenda to make Ghana the gateway to West Africa.

   

Ms Dumor said it would also create opportunities to apply Ghanaian knowledge, expertise and experience to other MTN operating units' technical and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

However,since stumbling on this gruesome news I decided to Google MTN a little to get to the root of of what I will term 'a national insult.'According to ICT Statistics Newslog website "The West and Central Africa (WECA) region increased its subscriber base by 5% for the quarter driven mainly by Nigeria which accounts for 58% of the region's subscribers. Nigeria recorded a 5% increase in its subscriber base to 28.76 million mainly due to continued network rollout, innovative product offerings and the effectiveness of the distribution channels implemented earlier in 2009. Ghana maintained its market share and increased its subscriber base by 2,6% despite aggressive competitor activity. Both Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire increased their subscriber bases by 4% and 5% to 4.19 million and 4.21 million, respectively"

So the only way of paying Nigerians for this monumental loyalty is to take off job opportunities away from the country. According to 234next.com,MTN sacked 65 workers recently and I will not be surprised if this jobs are meant to be offshore to Ghana to beef up the WECA head office in Accra. I will not be surprised if the call centers serving the close to 30 million Nigerian subscribers is located in this obscure WA countries.

Instead of the ingrate MTN creating jobs in Nigeria they chose to engage in numerous dubious promos which common operation research tells me that it is the participants that contribute all that money that they give out to winners.MTN has also engaged in inconsequential corporate social responsibility when they are supposed to be making tangible contribution to the real sector of Nigerian economy by creating jobs out of the enormous profits they make from Nigeria.

Is this the way to pay back to close to 30 million subscribers in Nigeria.We are complaining of unemployment and the little way in which a corporate entity wants to contribute to our development is by overseeing the huge profits it makes in Nigeria from Accra because of what it termed " friendly business environment among other things." If MTN does not enjoy friendly business market in Nigeria why don't they pull out as we have other viable options such as Glo,Zain and Etisalat. How will a company that contributes over 50 percent of its regional profits and a major driver of it global market place as an unfriendly business climate? Why not pull out of the Nigerian market entirely.We have other investors who will be able and willing to jump at an offer to come into the Nigerian Telecoms industry in grand style.

Join the group on facebook 'Boycott Mtn:mtn Ungrateful To 30 Million Nigerian Subscribers'

"But I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing- and make me a lot of money doing it. The last I can do is help pay for all that"
Warren Buffet in Obama's Audacity of Hope

Yesterday news emanated that from Ghanaian sources that "The MTN Group has confirmed that the Head office of the West and Central Africa (WECA) region would to be located in Ghana, a statement in Accra said on Monday." The news report read thus:
The WECA regional office comprises of nine operating units - Nigeria, Benin, Cote D'Ivoire Liberia, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Congo Brazzaville and Ghana.

Ms. Mawuena Adjo Dumor, Corporate Service Executive of MTN Ghana, said Ghana was chosen because of its friendly business environment among other things.   

She said the WECA headquarters would be located at MTN Ghana's head office in Accra and would be the administrative hub of the nine countries that constituted the WECA region.   

Hitherto, the WECA regional office director, Mr. Christian De Faria, who is also Vice President of the region, did not have a stable office so had been moving from country to country to do his work, but he would now work from Ghana. 

"The establishment of the office in Ghana provides enormous benefits not only to our business but to the country and we are excited to be hosting it," Ms Dumor said.

She said the benefits include leveraging economies of scale in respect of supply of telecoms infrastructure across the region, which will have positive implications for the national agenda to make Ghana the gateway to West Africa. 
 
Ms Dumor said it would also create opportunities to apply Ghanaian knowledge, expertise and experience to other MTN operating units' technical and stakeholder engagement initiatives

However, since stumbling on this gruesome news, I have been filled with rage and fury. Therefore I decided to Google MTN a little to get to the root of what I will term 'a national insult.' According to ICT Statistics Newslog website “The West and Central Africa (WECA) region increased its subscriber base by 5% for the quarter driven mainly by Nigeria which accounts for 58% of the region's subscribers. Nigeria recorded a 5% increase in its subscriber base to 28.76 million mainly due to continued network rollout, innovative product offerings and the effectiveness of the distribution channels implemented earlier in 2009. Ghana maintained its market share and increased its subscriber base by 2,6% despite aggressive competitor activity. Both Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire increased their subscriber bases by 4% and 5% to 4.19 million and 4.21 million, respectively"

So the only way of paying Nigerians for this monumental loyalty is to take off job opportunities away from the country. According to 234next.com,MTN sacked 65 workers recently and I will not be surprised if this jobs are meant to be offshore to Ghana to beef up the WECA head office in Accra. I will not also be surprised if the call centres serving the close to 30 million Nigerian subscribers is located in these obscure WA countries. They blamed the sacking of workers on the current recession but whereas it was a way of shifting their WECA head office out of Nigeria
Instead of the ‘ingrate’ MTN creating jobs in Nigeria, they chose to engage in numerous dubious promos which common operation research tells me that it is the participants that contribute all that money that they give out to winners.MTN has also engaged in inconsequential corporate social responsibility whilst they are supposed to be making tangible contribution to the real sector of Nigerian economy by creating jobs out of the enormous profits they make from Nigeria.

Is this the way to pay back to close to 30 million subscribers in Nigeria. We are complaining of unemployment and the little way in which a corporate entity wants to contribute to our development is by overseeing the huge profits it makes in Nigeria from Accra because of what it termed “friendly business environment among other things." If MTN does not enjoy friendly business market in Nigeria why don't they pull out as we have other viable options such as Glo, Zain and Etisalat. How will a country that contributes over 50 percent of its regional profits and a major driver of it global market place as an unfriendly business climate? Why not pull out of the Nigerian market entirely. We have other investors who will be able and willing to jump at an offer to come into the Nigerian Telecoms industry in grand style.

Join the group ‘Boycott MTN:MTN Ungrateful to Nigerian Subscribers ‘ on Facebook, lets kick MTN out of Nigeria. Let us take of 10million subscribers off their base to frustrate them.

debosky:

I told y'all my presido was alive.

Sai Yar'adua!!!

Being alive is one thing and boarding plane which has become a herculean task is another.I remember that Obama's first Official visit to Canada was unannounced.So did Bush slip into Iraq and some other place without prior press hype.Let Yar'Adua prove those protesters wrong and slip into Abuja today.He should address Nigerians or we don't deserve even common address such that the Thai King gave his people last year.

Toothless bulldogs.

Nigerians are making noise! The AGF told us that Yar'Adua can stay six months and he is just completing the second month.

Interview or no interview.Come back to Aso Rock.That is what is required of you Monsieur Sheik Alhaji Iman Musa Yar'Adua.Nigerians are such big fools.What is the hullabaloo about this dead man's interview.Daft Nigerians;as if they are not aware that there's is a protest in Abuja today against his continued incommunicado and incapacitation. No Sallah,christmas and new year massage;the insane Nigerian mentality is to tell BBC that you are alive on a day a protest is held against your stay in office.Since you can talk,where is our 6000mW? Onye nwuru anwu n'aga ije' I heard you still smoke even though you are closer to death than ever. Prove pundits wrong and fly into Abuja today.Is boarding planes and for that matter,a presidential one an enormous or gigantic leap nowadays? I hope you told BBC that you are running for 2011 presidential elections.I know that even if $1bn is needed to get you well,Nigeria can afford it but all said and done,you are still in Saudi.Who is fooling who?

@Kosovo

Return the topic 'Insult:mtn Locates Headquaters In Ghana' from phones section to politics section because am about to do something nasty right now.

@Kosovo

Return the topic 'Insult:mtn Locates Headquaters In Ghana' from phones section to politics section because am about to do something nasty right now.