The management of Guinness Nigeria Plc says the company has no plans of leaving Nigeria, contrary to the false statements making the rounds on some social media platforms.
Corporate Communications Manager of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mrs Ayodele Alabi, made this known on Thursday in Lagos state.
Alabi told NAN that contrary to the reports circulating that the company planned to relocate its operations to Ghana, its plant in the former Gold Coast had been in operation since 1960.
โThere is Guinness Ghana and itโs not that we are just trying to expand operations to Ghana or anything like that as itโs been there since forever, ten years after the Nigerian operations began.
โThe information of our relocation is false and we cannot trace where the misinformation is coming from.
โWe cannot just be moving our operations when we had established Ghana in 1960 while Nigeria office was established in 1950,โ she said.
Also, a statement signed by the Companyโs Managing Director, Mr. Baker Magunda, restated Guinness Nigeria Plcโs commitment to remaining in the country and delivering value to its stakeholders and consumers.
He said that the rumour making rounds was not in tandem with the companyโs current expansion and drive.
Magunda noted that the company had recently reaffirmed its long term strategic expansion plans by acquiring a 25 acres commercial property in a choice location in Lagos state.
He said that the companyโs financial performance for half year of 2021 showed its operating profits grew by 266 per cent to N13.6 billion.
โWe urge our employees, stakeholders and members of the public to ignore this false, malicious and misleading publication as it never emanated from our management.
โGuinness Nigeria has confidence in the Nigerian economy and just as we have done for the past seventy one years, we would remain a major player in the country by continually investing, developing capabilities, and growing brands that most suits the consumersโ needs and contributing positively to lives, communities and the environment,โ he said.
-NAN
