MTN says more than 6,000 people will lose their jobs if MTN facility is attacked:Xenophobia

Following a protest in Edo state and some other parts of the country by some protest groups yesterday warning South African's to stop the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians or Nigerians will react and attack their businesses in Nigeria like the MTN and DSTV facilities. The head Head of Communications MTN, Mr Wale Goodluck responded to Nigerians and asdvised them never to attack their facility because if they do more than 6,000 Nigerians will loose their jobs and go back to the streets job hunting again.He confirmed that only 12 expatriates are gainfully employed and working for MTN in Nigeria.

"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