COVID-19: Aggrieved staff beg Nigerians to intervene as Unilever stacks staff

Multinational company, Unilever has fired a massive number of staff in Nigeria after donating the sum of 100 million euros to help fight the dreadful global Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The dismissal, TNG learnt, is expected to take effect from June, barring any last minute intervention.

“Why should our dismissal be now, of all time! We have spent all we have during this pandemic and we were not expecting something like this.

“Good people of Nigeria, help us beg Unilever to at least give us till the end of the year to be able to save something before asking us to go. Please don’t do this to us,” one of those affected told TNG in tears.

According to a source who refused to be named, over 400 staff and brand ambassadors of the company are affected.

The staff and brand ambassadors of Unilever Nigerian Plc affected had already been notified, the source revealed to TNG.

While reasons for the retrenchment are yet to be known, efforts to reach Oluwasoromidayo George, Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainable Business, Ghana and Nigeria at Unilever proved abortive at the time of filing this report.

Also, the Unilever Ghana and Nigeria Corporate Communications department refused comments.

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