Workers of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are demanding the removal of Board Chairman Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, accusing him of usurping the authority of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Boahen Aidoo.
According to the workers, Mr Owusu-Agyeman does not have their welfare at heart.
The workers, during Tuesday’s May Day parade in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, displayed placards with inscriptions such as "Remove Board Chair", "Mr President, who is in charge of Cocobod; CEO or Bard Chairman?" among others.
The Chairman of COCOBOD workers union at Kaase Inland Port, Richard Akomea, in an interview with Class News on the sidelines of the May Day celebrations, said apart from stepping beyond his authority, Mr Owusu-Agyeman does not listen to the concerns of workers.
He said: “We’re demanding the removal of Hackman Owusu-Agyeman as Board Chairman. Any good thing that is coming to staff, he says no. We want to tell him that we deserve whatever we’re taking; therefore, our due must be given to us. We want to tell government we also voted to bring them to power, so, if he [Nana Akufo-Addo] refuses to listen to us, we’ll also tell him our story.”
The staff also called for an upward adjustment of their salaries as they say they have not received any hike in salaries for the past three years.
“We want the president who is the first gentleman of this land to be aware of what is happening in COCOBOD now. Again, we also want the president to know that for the past three years, our salaries have not been increased and that one is also affecting us because the economy as it stands now, there is nowhere in this world that workers will work for three consecutive years without increment, so, we’re calling on the president to as a matter of urgency call for negotiation so that our salaries will be increased.”
Source: classnews
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these is just the beginning there are more to come, since cocobod staffs are ungrateful to the formal CEO for all that he did for them. such as given them home ownership, giving good salaries, putting up staff quarters for them and also putting up a big warehouse to stored cocoa still they said the formal was wicked and also Transfering staffs. but now the current management are also going the transfering staffs to different places. Hackman don't mind them do what u think is good and will keep the industry going and also please think about the contract staffs because they are the right people doing the work at the ***barred word***. dont mind the permanent staffs.
Hypocrisy under the so-called abled leaders worse is happening. JDM posterity will judge your leadership against others.
HACKMAN SHOULD DECLARE HIS SALARY TOO OTHER WISE GOD WILL PUNISH HIM AND THAT OF CURRENT CEO.
Another unuseful appointee!! From Kufuor days, find out his track record through the foreign ministry, the interior ministry and works and housing!!! An arrogant serial under achiever!! Even his own Sikelele collapsed on his head. Are you surprised??!! COCOBOD WILL COLLAPSE TOO!!
GHANA DOES NOT WANT A REPETITION OF OPUNI CASE WHERE JOSHUAL ALABI AND THE BOARD FAILED TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO ALLOW THE ROT AT COCOA BOARD. THE SIDE SIDE OF THE MATTER IS THAT MANY OF THE STAFF AT COCOA BOARD ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE CORRUPTION DEALS, THOUGH THE POLITICIANS COME TO BEAR THE GRUDGE OF THE MATTER. SUCH STAFF ALWAYS WANT TO PROTECT THE CORRUPT STATUS QUO NO MATTER WHO BECOMES THE CEO OR WHAT PARTY IS IN POWER. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CORRUPT STAFF STAFF ARE PLAYING ONE POLITICIAN AGAINST ANOTHER TO CREATE DIVIDE AND RULE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR WAY THROUGH. I WISH HACKMAN, AIDOO, AND NPP WILL BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS PLOY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AT THE COCOA BOARD VERY WELL. HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY ARE LEAKING OUT OF STATE THROUGH CORRUPTION AT COCOA BOEARD JUST AS IT IS AT THE PORT AND OTHER PLACES.
Just a question, Has Hackman Owusu-Agyeman reduec the salary of the CEO, when he demonised Opuni for takin 80,000 cedis as pay? i just want to know if the current CEO pay has being reduced?