Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s
company in Zambia, Dangote Industries Zambia is suing the country’s Labour
Minister, Fackson Shamenda, for defamation.
According
to AFP, the company initiated
the lawsuit after the mr Shamenda claimed that a senior company official of
Dangote Industries tried to bribe him.
The
company is now seeking unspecified damages for slander and libel as well as
special damages in the sum of 112,042.84 kwacha ($ 17,728), according to
documents filed in the High Court.
On
September 15th, a local newspaper, Namibian Post, carried a story with the
headline “Dangote offers Shamenda a bribe” where the labour minister claimed that a Nigerian human
resources manager from the company offered him a bribe which he rejected.
“He
told me that it was a tradition in their culture to give someone a token of
appreciation. May I take this opportunity to warn Dangote and
all other investors in the country to avoid enticing government officials with
bribes — it hinders progress.” Shamenda was quoted as saying.
Dangote
Industries is setting up a multimillion dollar cement plant in Ndola, about 360
km north of the capital Lusaka.
Source:
AFP
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