population alarmed as MTN makes nonsense of social distancing measures in Yaounde Agency

By Che Cynthia In Yaounde For the past few months ,the amount of people lining up at mtn agencies has become an alarming issue . IT was noticed few weeks ago how mtn agencies in yaounde have become over crowded by clients. At the Godly hour of 5am in the morning, people are seen parading […] The post population alarmed as MTN makes nonsense of social distancing measures in Yaounde Agency appeared first on TeboPost.

population alarmed as MTN makes nonsense of social distancing measures in Yaounde Agency

By Che Cynthia In Yaounde For the past few months ,the amount of people lining up at mtn agencies has become an alarming issue . IT was noticed few weeks ago how mtn agencies in yaounde have become over crowded by clients. At the Godly hour of 5am in the morning, people are seen parading the premises to avoid being among the 200 people lining up. In the past few months , MTN Cameroon introduced some precautionary measures in its facilities nationwide, suspended all non-critical business meetings, events and also complemented government sensitization drive  as they deeply Team members with additional sanitization and safety products Jean Calvin Edimi one of MTN guards explains ” the agency opens at 9 am and closes at 4pm everyday except saturday from 9:00am to 1pm .With the coming of the Pandemic it has really been tough for people now, it has not been easy to maintain the number of people coming per day .” Equally MTN agencies in Yaounde, receive 1000 people per day , 5 people after 30 mins with a distance of 1meters of constant standing for the past 3 weeks. reliable sources also confirmed that mtn network has not been the best for the past few days reason why people rush to their various agencies for clearifications Takala Edrice one of mtn clients tell TeboPost  “I am here since 8 am in the morning and is roughly getting to 1pm am still here , my ticket bears number 58 yet the line seem not to push forward , Standing and sweating is not easy.” The telecommunication firm expressed deep concern over the Pandemic that has become a global threat and is closely maintaining the situation as it unfolds. It believes that companies as part of their corperate social responsibility should contain the escalating outbreak and safeguard operations so that economics can keep moving so that the societies can continue functioning but apparently it’s social distancing measures are not enough and many fear the agencies might serve as breeding ground for the virus to spread MTN network is one of the biggest companies in Africa .Its history started in 1994 today , its revenue is more than 15million dollars per year .It operates in more than 10 countries in Africa, still there is no strict answer about who is the owner of MTN it’s owned by the group of shareholders. The post population alarmed as MTN makes nonsense of social distancing measures in Yaounde Agency appeared first on TeboPost.