Following the economic recession in the country, Investigations at Dansa Foods Nig. Ltd, located off Lagos-Badagry expressway has revealed that workers have not been paid their salaries for the past six months.
Dansa Foods Nigeria Limited is a member of the Dangote Group, and Alhaji Sani Dangote, a brother of Aliko Dangote is the company’s Executive Chairman and runs its affairs, with Aliko’s shares embedded in the company.
It was gathered that the company has laid off more than half of the workforce following dwindling sales and high cost of production caused by high exchange rate of the Naira.
The company, also has suspended the production of Dansa juice and other products. ”We are only producing Mowa bottle water now,” a source at the company revealed.
But the workers are not taking it kindly with the management of the company and have insisted that their six months unpaid salaries be paid to them.
However, the workers have embarked on strike to press home their demand.
One of the workers who did not want his name mentioned said he and his colleagues decided to go on strike to force the management to pay their salaries.
”We are being owed six months. The company has refused to pay us so we are embarking on strike,” the worker added. All efforts made to speak with the management of the company proved unsuccessful.
Also, Billionaire Index reports revealed that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, lost $ 5.4 billion in his fortune this year due to massive fall of the Naira as the Central Bank of Nigeria rations the dollar to stem huge capital outflow in the wake of Nigeria’s worst economic crisis.
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