Nigerians have taken to Twitter to express their opinions on the shocking news revealed by Shoprite as they prepare to exit the Nigerian market after 15 years.
According to a Twitter user, he believes that many issues have led to the exit of the South Africa’s grocery market which ranges from political bottlenecks, chaotic business strains associated with doing business in Nigeria and staff theft. See his tweet below:
Asides the political bottlenecks & chaotic business strains associated with doing business in Nigeria, one other silent contributing factor why Shoprite is closing down, is staff theft. In 2017 alone, a sales girl stole N553M, one month after securing the job. There are many.
— Samuel Otigba (@SamuelOtigba) August 3, 2020
Another Twitter user has Buhari to blame, as he links it with the inability of the Buhari-led administration to pay the required N30,000 minimum wage due to the prospective excuse of the Covid-19 pandemic. See his tweet below:
https://twitter.com/Mazigburugburu1/status/1290214567985864705?s=19
Another Twitter user is quite worried about how Shoprite workers who get retrenched from this exit will feed. He comes to the conclusion that only the strong hearted will survive in this country. See his tweet below:
https://twitter.com/BiyiThePlug/status/1290215911614320640?s=19
Some Twitter users are however worried about where Nigerians will now be taking pictures after the exit of Shoprite. See their tweets below:
https://twitter.com/dukedammy/status/1290220908309700608?s=19
https://twitter.com/SleekOnSocial/status/1290222252290498560?s=19
My only problem with shoprite leaving nigeria is where will our Kaduna people that normally come to kano to snap pictures go again, it's sad you know. But I don't mind them leaving sha bc it'll help small market grow, I'm just worried about our Kaduna??????
— BOSSMAN (@Capt_Aliyu) August 3, 2020
Kindly share your thoughts with us in the comment section. Which of these reactions do you relate with?
