The country is in its toughest of times right now as a lot of
citizens are losing their jobs. Time has come for people to look into their God
given skills and then make it generate money for them because the scarcity of
foreign exchange for importation of raw materials by local industries is
adversely affecting the sector as over 50,000 workers have lost their jobs in
Abuja in the last two months.
The President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tony
Ejinkeonye, long-established the job losses in an exclusive interview with Punch
Newspaper.
Meanwhile the President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria,
Mr. Frank Jacobs, said that about 10 companies had formally notified the
association about their intention to shut down operations before the end of
this month. Except something urgent was done by
the Federal Government to address the forex exchange problem, more people could
lose their jobs.The ACCI president said the situation had become so bad
that even big manufacturing companies such as Unilever Nigeria Plc, Dangote
Cement, Air France and Emirate Airlines were having problem getting foreign
exchange.
He stressed the need for the Federal Government to come up with
a comprehensive approach that would address the problem. “There is a need for
government to do something urgently and stop living in denial. The Central Bank
of Nigeria and the Ministry of Finance should come out and say something that
would move us out of this forex crisis.
“Things are really bad. As I’m talking to you now, Unilever,
Dangote Cement and our other members are crying. A lot of companies have also
threatened to lay off workers. If something urgent is not done within the next
30 days by the government to address this, you will see companies like Dangote
and Unilever Nigeria sacking some of their workers.”
The MAN president said about 10 companies had indicated its plan
to close shop before the end of the month. He said with each of these companies
employing an average of 200 people, a total of 2,000 workers would be affected
if they decided to shut down their operations. Is this the change we prayed
for?
0 comments:
Post a Comment