[ 2017-01-17 ]

Expresso workers head to NCA over salary arrears
Workers of Telecommunication Company, Expresso,
have disclosed to Citi Business News they will
file an official complaint with the National
Communications Authority (NCA) over the failure of
the telecom company to pay them salaries owned
them.

According to the workers, the non-payment of their
salaries for over 2 years has compelled them to
make the move to ensure their remuneration is
retrieved.

The telecom workers last year, held a
demonstration to protest against management over
their refusal to pay workers’ salaries.

They also argued that management has deprived
them off their rightful benefits such as SSNIT,
provident Fund and Medicare. In an interview with
Citi Business News, Chairman of the Expresso local
workers’ union, Samuel Afari said they will be
meeting with the mother union on the matter on the
way forward.

“We are still waiting for our management to
turn things around and then we move on. But we are
in operation; just that we are not widespread all
over the country just major in Accra basically.

You know all that we are doing we do it in
conjunction with our mother union so we will have
a meeting with them and take a decision.” Mr
Afari further stated that he is hopeful
authorities of Expresso will settle all arrears
owed workers within the first quarter.

“We are in a new year and we hope that a new
program should roll out and then make sure things
work. This first quarter we should be able to take
something other than that it will be difficult.”
He stated.

NCA to revoke Expresso’s license Earlier the
National Communications Authority (NCA) began the
processes to revoke the license of
telecommunication company Expresso.

According to the NCA’s Director for Engineering
Henry Kanor the prolonged inactivity of Expresso
is affecting industry stakeholders and creating a
shortfall in the revenue targets of the regulator
and government.

He tells Citi Business News there will be a
policy statement on Expresso if it fails to get an
investor to invest in the company soon.

He further told Citi Business News that the
prolonged inactivity of Expresso is disturbing
which is affecting the company’s
sub-contractors, workers and all other
stakeholders.

Source - citibsinessnews.com

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