[ 2021-02-27 ]

Airport risks collapsing if KIA MD is not removed – Fuming workers caution
The workers of the Ghana Airport Company Limited
(GACL) are accusing management of running down the
company.

While accusing the manager of the company, Mr. Yaw
Kwakwa of mismanagement, the workers also say
issues of promotion and staff welfare are not
being looked at.

The outrage of the workers led to the disruption
of all departures at the Kotoko International
Airport (KIA) on Friday morning following the
indefinite withdrawal of services of all general
staff at the airport on the orders of the
Divisional Union of the Public Services Workers
Union at the Ghana Airport Company Limited.

Friday’s withdrawal of services which began with
mandatory screening services, flight display and
announcements, was occasioned by alleged attempts
by the Board of the company to shelve a report
which confirms allegations of mismanagement and
abuse of office levelled against the Managing
Director.

However, speaking to Citi News, Deputy General
Secretary of the Public Services Workers’ Union
(PSWU) at the Airport, John Sampah said the
unhappy workers are demanding the immediate
removal of the Managing Director for the survival
of the company.

“They believe that the Managing Director is not
managing the company very well. They also believe
that there are key operations that have been
outsourced at exorbitant costs that should not be
the case. They believe the Managing Director is
sitting on staff welfare issue, viz-a-viz
promotions and other things.

“If the situation is not checked, then the GACL
will be run down. Their point is that until the
Managing Director is removed from the company, the
company will be brought down.”

The aggrieved workers say the future of the
company was being risked by maintaining Mr.
Kwakwa.

“Our expectation is that the Managing Director
must be removed. If we allow this man to continue
sitting in office, the fortunes of this company
can only dwindle and the staff will not be ready
for that. If he is not removed we are not backing
down. We will continue increasing our levels of
withdrawal of service until we get what we
want,” Divisional Chairman of the PSWU at the
Airport Company Limited Abdul-Issaka Bamba had
earlier stressed.




The union has previously agitated over this same
issue and also petitioned President Akufo-Addo on
the matter.

In the petition, the workers said Mr. Kwakwa had
demonstrated “gross incompetence, insensitivity
and lack of understanding of the critical aviation
industry and therefore his continuous stay in
office will further derail the progress of the
company”.

They accused Mr. Kwakwa of deliberately refusing
to implement several reports lying on his desk for
over two years and outsourcing key aspects of the
company’s operations at exorbitant costs despite
the availability of in-house capacity.

Meanwhile, the management of the company is yet to
respond to the claims.

Source - Citinewsroom

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