EXCLUSIVE: How DangoteCement Fired More Than 3000 Staff Without Notice, Due Process | Sahara Reporters A top source in the company said the company continued to work in overtime mode during COVID-19 restrictions placed on all... AlikoDangote READ MORE:
Nigeria's largest cement producing factory, Dangote Cement PLC, has fired more than 3000 staff without prior notice or due process, SaharaReporters has uncovered.
Despite the violations of this guideline put in place by the President, the company recalled staff in the middle of a pandemic to work, the source said. "Everyone was recalled back to work despite the lockdown and at that time they were pushing out trucks of cement around 500 to 600 everyday. He said,"As I speak to you, more than 3,000 people are being sacked. You will be at your duty post and they will call you and give you a letter, nobody knew, no prior notice.
"As a matter of fact, the Head of Materials and Maintenance, Engr Basil, he has only nine people in his unit. He force them to cover the whole of the facility because they have to create evaluations for materials and make reservations for maintainace so when was asked to submit the names of nine people in his department to sack, when he refused explaining to upper management that he was already understaffed and taking out anyone will make the work to suffer.
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