Nigeria: Dangote Flour Mills Workers Down Tools

20 December 2012

Industrial activities at Dangote Flour Mills Plc in Calabar, Cross River State are now at a standstill following the commencement of indefinite industrial strike by workers of the company over non-payment of their gratuity after the sale of the mill to Tiger Brand, a South-African company.

The workers are angry that the management of the company unilaterally transferred ownership of the firm to Tiger Brand without consulting or negotiating with them, a development that has left their fate hanging in the balance given the non-payment of their entitlements.

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