Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Newswatch Closure - Jimoh Ibrahim faces challenges

The decision of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim to close down Newswatch magazine, which he acquired last year, may not stand as he is already under serious pressure from major shareholders of the media outfit, staff and the Nigerian Union of Journalists [NUJ].
Though he said he had the support of the majority of the shareholders of the company to shut it down for rebranding, the likes of Ray Ekpu, Yakubu Muhammed, Dan Agbese and Soji Akinrinade, all founding members of the magazine, have kicked against the decision.
The report says ,that in the last 15 months when Jimoh Ibrahim bought 51 per cent controlling shares in Newswatch, he has been finding it difficult to pay staff salaries and it came to a peak that workers have not been paid since May 2012.

3 comments:

Whalexy said...

Jimoh is one of those I'ld say money miss road person, despite all he borrowed from Oceanic bank back then which is one of the reasons the bank had problems,he did what we call "15mins" i know what im doing i'm a business man....news flash Jimoh -you can take one of the ghetto but you can't the ghetto out of that person.

Anonymous said...

His business acumen is zero, i know a friend of my that worked in one of his companies, he hadly pays them, there are no incentives,the environment has nothing to offer or inspire their clients,now tell me how will that business sustain its growth, most of these people think acquiring businesses left centre right is what makes you a business guru

Odun said...

Nawo! is this not the man that i read on this blog has opened a school some where abroad with so much billions of dollars,ordinary to pay staff is a problem.