CDMA operator reportedly sacks 2,000 workers

folarin okunola

January 7, 2016 2:02 PM

One of the affected workers, speaking on the condition of anonymity, stated that the sacking as a surprise to many of the Company’s employees

Visafone

Reports have surfaced that CDMA operator, Visafone, could be winding down its operations and has sacked about 83 percent of its workers as part of an acquisition deal with MTN Nigeria.

According to a report by Punch.ng, over 2, 000 employees were let go from the company with effect from January 5, 2016, and were paid three month’s salaries as severance package.

The report further reveals that the only employees left are those in the personnel and transmission departments of the company.

READ: Telecom giant to reportedly acquire Visafone

One of the affected workers, speaking on the condition of anonymity, stated that the sacking as a surprise to many of the Company’s employees, according to the Punch report.

“We learnt that the management would downsize, but we were told that that would be later in 2016. It is, however, surprising that they are sending majority of us away so early in the year. Though they paid three months’ severance benefits, but should it be this way? Some of us have put in five to 10 years of our lives in keeping the business going, but see what we are getting now. It is well,” the worker said, according to the Punch report.

Furthermore, an unnamed senior management employee who spoke to the media house confirmed that sacking of the workers but referred media enquiries to MTN, saying he was not authorized to speak on the deal.

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