Television Continental, owned by Bola Ahmed Tinubu sacks 145 workers, mounts security at gate.

The management of Television Continental has sacked 145 workers across the country.

The news was announced on Friday in an email signed by TVC’s public relations handler.

Following the mass lay-off of staff members, the medium have installed heavy security officers comprising of both police and bouncers at the front gate, report says.

The affected employees were said to have been invited to the head office of the TV station in Lagos, where they learnt of their retrenchment.

According to reports gathered online, the mass retrenchment was due to the economic crisis .

Prominent broadcasters were said to be among those sacked on Friday.

Here is the letter announcing the mass retrenchment. It is entitled, “CBS restructures to deliver world-class services:”

“The Board of Continental Broadcasting Services Ltd., owners of Television Continental and Radio Continental, wishes to confirm a restructuring of its group companies.

“This restructuring is geared towards repositioning the business for better and greater delivery of its services to audiences and advertisers alike. In line with these changes we are reconfiguring our workforce as part of the rationale to achieve our objectives.

“145 people will be affected by today’s announcement.

“We wish to make clear that our core channels consisting of TVC News Nigeria, TVC Entertainment and Radio Continental will now become the main focus of our business going forward where we will deliver high quality news and entertainment programmes to our audience."

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