Communication Commission (NCC).
The fine was
reduced to N330 billion after negotiations with the NCC, is to be paid by
installments within three years.
MTN’s Acting
Head of Corporate Services, Mrs. Oyeronke Oyetunde who appeared before the
Saheed Akinade-Fijabi led House of Representatives committee on
Telecommunications, explained that the workers were disengaged after MTN’s
operations went digital.
Oyetunde was
responding to a question by Diri Douye (PDP Bayelsa) about insinuations that
MTN embarked on the disengagements after the NCC sanctioned it last year.
She told
members of the committee probing the job and revenue losses in the telecom
sector that MTN had 1,493 workers with 15 expatriates while 356 workers were
disengaged last year.
She added
that 194 of the employees left voluntarily while 65 others were relieved at
management’s discretion.
“MTN had
always outsourced its call centres over the years and had already commenced the
process of recruiting between 100 -150 workers of the targeted 240 new intakes
that could fit into its digital operations.
But
dissatisfied with the explanation that some of the disengaged workers left
voluntarily, the committee directed the MTN official to make available an
inventory of all the disengaged workers to enable them ascertain their mode of
exit to substantiate the claim.
A member of
the committee, Nnenna Elendu-Ekeje (PDP Abia) enjoined MTN to suggest ways to
galvanize the telecommunications sector to avert further job losses and boost
revenue for the government.
Meanwhile,
Airtel’s Director of Human Resources, Gbemiga Owolabi, in his submission
disclosed that 90 workers left the company last year, adding that 60 others
resigned voluntarily, six exited due to unethical practices while 14 others
were disengaged.
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