One of the interdicted executives of the General Transport Petroleum Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU), Anthony Joojo Koomson, asserts that he was justified in revealing specific details about the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and Torentco deal to the public.
Koomson, one of the two union executives interdicted by the TOR Board of Directors for disclosing classified information during a press conference, defends his actions.
He states that his decision to make these disclosures was influenced by the President’s encouragement for individuals to speak up when they perceive something wrong happening.
Speaking to JoyNews, he said “So, from the premise of the President’s inaugural speech that he wants all Ghanaians to be citizens and not spectators, we thought we need to go a step further to make Ghanaians know what is happening at TOR and allow all stakeholders to have access to the issue or the information that we have officially gotten from the Registrar General’s outfit concerning the incorporation of the Tema Energy and Processing Limited and the directors behind the TOR workers,” he said.
He clarified that a misinterpreted code was used to interdict people who were worried about management carrying out specific tasks correctly.
A strike over the deal and the interdiction has been threatened by GTPCWU.