'Attack Our Facilities & Suffer 506,000 Job Losses' - MTN Nigeria Warns

MTN Nigeria's Corporate Service Executive, Mr. Wale Goodluck, in a reply to threats of attacking MTN facilities in a retaliation to the Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. He said yesterday that there are only 12 expatriates working for the company in Nigeria and the remaining workers are Nigerians. Check on his statement below and hilarious reactions of Nigerians on social media;

“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. MTN has 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.”