Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) and National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has responded to public concerns regarding recent staffing changes at the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC).

Appearing on Channel One TV on Wednesday, 23 April, Mr Gyamfi firmly denied allegations suggesting that existing PMMC employees had been displaced by inexperienced or unqualified recruits.

He stressed that no permanent members of staff had been affected by the ongoing restructuring exercise.

“So far, I’m the only new employee of GoldBod. Because we’re in the process of recruiting additional staff to augment the staff of PMMC, which we have taken over,” he explained.

Mr Gyamfi acknowledged that a number of contract employees, particularly those posted at PMMC’s satellite stations, had been laid off—but insisted the decision was made solely for operational purposes.

“All permanent workers of the PMMC are still workers of the PMMC. We had to painfully lay some workers off. But those were contract workers and also PMMC workers in our out stations, and they were laid off purely on the grounds of redundancy,” he emphasised.

The staffing adjustments are part of a wider set of reforms aimed at revitalising Ghana’s minerals sector and improving the efficiency of institutions under the new GoldBod structure.