Workers of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) of Ghana gathered at the Ashanti Regional headquarters of Cocobod, furious in protests over unpaid salaries.
Speaking at a press conference in Kumasi, the Chairman of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) workers’ union, Frederick Kwame Boakye warned that the union would organise demonstrations if their demands for salary payments were not met immediately.
PBC as an institution, we have a staff quantum of about 33,000, district staff and then when you go to BCs the commission staff and then go to their various farmers and their families. I can assure you something of this nature happened when the former Chief Executive Officer was at post.
Mr. Boakye demanded an urgent investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) into allegations of mismanagement of funds from the Sample Residue Fund, which was established to defray debts.
He stated that that millions of cedis have been misappropriated from the fund, depriving the employees of essential support and further fuelling their frustrations.
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On his part, the deputy Human Resource Manager at PBC William Kwabena Ayisi urged government to invest in the Produce Buying Company (PBC) to avert collapse.
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Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) #Ahotoronline.com
