A popular supermarket chain, Sahad Stores, has sacked a manager and 74 other members of staff over missing N250 million, DAILY NIGERIAN has reliably gathered.
Our reporter gathered that all the staff of the two branches of the supermarket in Kano, located at Zoo Road and Mandawari areas, were dismissed.
The decision was taken on July 4, following annual stock and account audit, which shows the missing funds.
Chairman of the company, Ibrahim Mijinyawa, confirmed the mass dismissal to DAILY NIGERIAN, saying he took the decision after discovering that some funds were missing after the annual audit.
“As I am talking to you now I have replaced all of them, including the manager. It is a fateful incident, so all of us should accept the fate.
“I learnt the new manager has re-employed some of them. That is his decision. Possibly he trusts them. If they want to claim compensation, they should go ahead. I don’t want trouble and I don’t want to fight with my staff,” he said.
But one of the affected workers, Fatihu Hafizu, said the business mogul sacked them without querying them or telling them their offence.