Staff of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have staged a walkout as the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, was about to deliver his speech at the May Day Parade in Kumasi.
Clad in red attire, the ECG employees held placards with messages urging the Regional Minister to refrain from interfering in their operations.
This action was prompted by the Minister’s recent directive to arrest the Ashanti East Manager of the company, Ing. Wiafe Asomani, after the ECG National Taskforce disconnected the Kumasi Technical University due to outstanding debts.
Following the Minister’s refusal to apologize, the workers took further action to demand redress. Despite their efforts, the Minister remained unapologetic.
The leadership of the ECG Workers’ Union, spearheading the protest at the May Day event, maintained their stance that Mr. Osei-Mensah must apologize and withdraw the police case against their Manager.
In an interview with Citi News, Yussif Osman the Chairman of ECG Senior Staff Union, Ashanti East, said, “We already have an issue with him, he has done something the workers front are not happy with, initially the workers front decided that we don’t appear at all.
“But since this is our programme we came. Since the minister has decided not to fulfil whatever we have asked him to do, we don’t even want to listen to him.
So this is just a peaceful protest that we’re not going to participate or listen to whatever he will say. We’re standing outside when he’s done with his speech we will go back.”
