Aliko Dangote’s  Dangote Cement PLC, the biggest company that produces cement in Nigeria and some West African countries has fired more than 3000 staff without prior notice.

The dismissal has affected 4000 drivers out of the 6000 capacity they had.

The report adds that out of 30 pool drivers for pick up vans, 25 were sacked while five were retained.

Obviously the devastating effect of Covid-19 has culminated this decision. However, the fact that the workers were not informed plus the violation of work policy has made this a matter of concern.

"When the pandemic struck, people were thinking that is when he will sack people but nothing like that happened, as a matter of fact, the people that they have compulsory leave because of the pandemic were ordered back after just five days.

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"Everyone was recalled back to work despite the lockdown and at that time they were pushing out trucks of cement around 500 to 600 every day.

"People were working overtime because it is owned by Dangote, his trucks were exempted from COVID-19 restrictions, so they forced people to work overtime like 12 hours every day morning and night.

"The country was beginning to reopen little by little and then the next thing was a sack,” a source close to the company confirmed to the media.

Recall that the government had shut down the operation of every business within the country due to the Coronavirus outbreak with exemptions for food processing and manufacturing companies only.