Sterling Bank CEO fault Nigerians after Twitter snub Nigeria for Ghana
- Sterling Bank chief executive officer said Nigerians chased Twitter to Ghana with their utterances
- Abubakar Suleiman said investors cannot invest in the country after Nigerians demarket Africa's largest economy
- Twitter had chosen Ghana ahead of Nigeria even though its operation will focus on the latter
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Sterling Bank chief executive Officer, Abubakar Suleiman, blamed Nigerians for Twitter's decision not to situate its African headquarters in Nigeria after the social media giant chose Ghana.
The tech company's operation will focus on the Nigerian market, but will operate from Ghana. Twitter plans to engage Nigerian developers and other potential employees on a freelance deal without physical structure in the country.
This decision shocked many Nigerians, with blame being passed mostly to the government. Twitter had listed reasons it chose Ghana. According to the social media directors, free speech, democracy, open internet had been some of its reasons.
Source: UGC
A statement from the company having the Secretariat of the African Free Trade zone in Ghana also encouraged Twitter to snub Nigeria for its West African neighbour.
Despite these reasons given by the company, the Suleiman still faulted Nigerians, stating that it was the negative words used by Nigerians to describe the country that cost it Twitter's head office in Africa.
He said Nigerians shouldn't be expecting anything of such as they have demarket the country in the eyes of prospective investors:
"First you tell the world Nigeria is a zoo. Then you hear @TwitterSF has chosen @GhanaPresidency as their WA headquarters & you are wondering why. If you can’t sell yourself, nobody will buy you.
"Nigeria remains the heartbeat of Africa, our current struggles notwithstanding." Suleiman said on his official Twitter account."
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Dangote Group has explained why its cement is higher in Nigeria than Ghana and Zambia. The company said retailers are to blame.
According to a statement from the company, cement sold by Dangote is cheaper than other African markets, however, the retailers decide the ultimate price which consumers are buying.
The manufacturer stated that it only has control of the retail price, but it doesn't decide the price retailers sell the cement products to customers.
Source: Legit.ng
