Staff of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on Thursday abandoned work and took to the streets to protest actions of the board of directors which they say hurt effective running of the state broadcaster.

The workers have accused the board of micromanaging the affairs of GBC and misappropriating the Corporation’s internally generated funds by employing directors without recourse to due process.

They have vowed to continue protesting until their demands for the dissolution of the Board of the Corporation are met.

They had earlier threatened to strike on Monday July 25, 2016.

The agitating staff have vowed to continue protesting until their demands for the dissolution of the Board of the Corporation are met.

Reports indicate the workers on Thursday set up a checkpoint at the entrance of the Corporation to prevent board member from getting onto the premises after picking up intelligence of an impending board meeting.

Meanwhile, the National Media Commission (NMC) has cleared the governing board of GBC of any wrongdoing after a petition was sent to them by the Corporation's workers’ union.

The Executive Secretary of NMC, George Sarpong, debunked the claims against the GBC board saying their investigations proved that the board was innocent of the allegations that had been levelled against it.

“The GBC union made a number of allegations to the commission. The commission established a committee to independently investigate the claims and the committee took each of the claims one by one and gave the union the opportunity to prove the case against the people. They could not substantiate any of the claims they made,” he said

“They took time to investigate this matter thoroughly beyond the claim that the GBC union made. The commission went out of its ways and investigate further into the matter and found that those allegations were unsustainable,” Mr. Sarpong added.

The workers accused the NMC of betraying them by lodging a complaint with the Police because of their decision to prohibit GBC board members from entering the premises.

A worker at the GBC who spoke to Citi News on condition of anonymity said: “The NMC has refused to objectively consider the issues in question, when they came out with their fictitious reports earlier to clear the board, they were popping champagne and celebrating.”

Management of the GBC has said it will crack down on the protesting workers.

Management has indicated in a memo that any person who was a signatory to a document declaring the GBC board persona non grata will be punished.

“GBC management considers the whole write up as misconduct on the part of the signatories to the notice and appropriate procedures will be invoked to ensure sanity within the corporation’s governance structure,” the memo said.

The memo also noted that, the “the union does not have the mandate to declare the board persona non grata. Constitutionally, the National Media Commission (NMC), is the statutory body mandated to appoint and dissolve the GBC board.”

The Commission has urged the staff to report any grievance about the work or conduct of the board for redress.