According to recent reports, Labour has raised alarm that the food, beverage and tobacco sector of the nation’s economy was on the verge of shutting down and that over three million jobs were at risk due to the inability of companies to source foreign exchange for raw material importation to facilitate operations.
Already leading companies in the sector, such as Nigerian Flour Mills, NFM, Nigerian Breweries Limited, NBL, Guinness Plc, Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC, 7 UP Bottling Company Plc, Friesland Campina Wamco Plc, among others, have written to labour for discussions on retrenchment of workers.
In the last three months, no fewer than 1, 500 workers have been sacked in the sector as employers seek ways of coping with foreign exchange crisis, among others.
At a briefing in Lagos, leaders of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, FOBTOB, called on government to intervene to save the industry and over three million jobs.
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That is change. In APC parlance, it is called job creation not job loss
ReplyDeleteis this creating jobs or losing jobs!? APC over to you.
ReplyDeleteis this creating jobs or losing jobs!? APC over to you.
ReplyDeleteNa Jonathan and Deziani cause am. Apc is a clueless incompetent party.
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