General News of Wednesday, 9 May 2018Source: classfmonline.com'No Frances, no work' – GCMC staff chantThe protesting GCMCL workersWorkers of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company Limited (GCMC) are resisting attempts by the Board to remove their Chief Executive Officer Frances Essiam. The CEO was appointed by the president and not the Board. Among other things, the Board wrote to Ms Essiam asking her to explain why she unilaterally contracted a loan to pay workers’ February salary without the board’s knowledge and approval. The board also demanded answers from the CEO about why she ordered the sale of a disused machine belonging to the company. She was retrained by the board from touching a GHS5m stimulus package secured for the company by the government.

Source: GhanaWeb May 09, 2018 09:56 UTC