Ikeja – Airtel Nigeria said in Lagos on Monday that it had not sacked any of its employees and did not have any intention of cutting staff salaries.

Mr Jibril  Saba, the organisation’s director, Human Resources, disclosed this at a media briefing following messages circulating in cyberspace, alleging that the company had fired 3,000 call centre agents.

“Airtel is committed to realising its vision of being the most loved brand in Nigeria and will continue to ensure that the dialogue between its call centre partners and their employees is fruitful and productive.

“We want to state categorically that as world class organisation, we offer our employees remuneration and benefits comparable to standards across the world and in compliance with the working and labour laws of Nigeria,” he said.

Sabanoted that “the activities of some disgruntled agents are capable of frustrating investors with good intentions and making nonsense of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).”

He added that the company was planning to employ more workers as part of the plan to reengineer the Nigerian economy.

“Our plan is to offer new contracts with attendant salaries and benefits based on qualifications and experiences.

“We will recruit new agents because the vision is to expand the call centre business in Nigeria to 5,000 capacity.”

The director gave the assurance that the company remained passionate in its quest to continue to provide custome