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The embattled General Manager of Ghana News Agency (GNA), Nana Apau Dua and the management of the agency has reported the leaders of the two local workers unions to the Greater-Accra Regional Police Command.
The police have therefore invited the leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), and the Public Service Workers Union (PSWU) at GNA to report at the police command at 3pm this afternoon and answer to accusations of threat to cause mayhem.
GNA workers petitioned the National Media Commission demanding the termination of the GM’s appointment at the end of this month, following an accusation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Bonnah Koomson, that the GM is solely to blame for the woes of the agency.
The leadership of the CWU noted that Nana Apau Dua is already due to retire at the end of this month but there were hints that the NMC wants to extend his stay in office in spite of his unpopularity with the board and workers.
The workers therefore told Adom News they would advise themselves if the GM does not leave at the end of this month.
The General Secretary of the CWU, Mr. Felix Atukwei Quaye has consequently been issued with a query letter to explain why he had an interview with Adom News without permission.
In view of the query given to Mr. Quaye, the two workers' unions at the GNA also met to deliberate on their next line of action following the query letter, and management misconstrued that to be a meeting to plan mayhem so they reported to the police.
The police have therefore invited the leadership of the two unions for a meeting over the misunderstanding.
Early Wednesday morning some police officers visited GNA and went to the management block to meet with the administrative manager, Rex Annan but the leadership of the two unions say workers are not in the least perturbed by the GM’s moves to use the police to threaten them.
They noted that since they submitted their petition to NMC and granted the interview to the media, the GM has made it a habit to be roaming from office to office and throwing innuendos amidst threats to show who is in charge.
Meanwhile an official of the NMC says they do not recognize the petition from the GNA workers until they (the workers) go through the board.
He explained that “if workers have a problem with their management they have to report to the board and if the board is not able to handle it then they (the board) can refer it to the NMC – so until that petition comes from the board, by law we cannot recognize it.”
Meanwhile, information reaching Adom News indicate that a particular management member is interested in the GM's post.
Source: Adom News/Ghana
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