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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