Etisalat Nigeria Sacks Over 2000 Permanent Staffs

 

According to reports, major telecommunications company - Etisalat recently laid of two thousand permanent staff nationwide.

It is believed that the Telecom operator seeks to hire adhoc staff to run the operations as the company is said to be broke and can no longer retain the permanent work force.

Some sacked staff expressed surprise and disappointment over the development which has thrown them into the unemployment market.

Immigration Recruitment Cancelled by President Jonothan

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday, directed the immediate cancellation of the immigration recruitment exercise that led to the death of more than twenty applicants and scores of others injured.

The presidential directive was given at today’s Federal Executive Council meeting where the president further directed that all those who lost their loved ones would have automatic slot for three applicants, one of whom must be a woman.

Those who sustained injuries will also be automatically employed.

Details later.

Source: Vanguard Newspaper