Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) demonstrate to demand the removal of their Managing Director, Kwame Agyeman-Budu as he has attained the mandatory retirement age of 60.
The workers led by their divisional leadership under the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are calling for the immediate exit of the MD.
According to the workers, the MD has “refused to stay away and continue to parade himself as MD and signing official documents.”
They added that, “the MD reached the 60 years mandatory retirement on February 21, 2021. The earlier petition sent through the board chair informing the board that, staff will not work with the MD due to non-performance and retirement is yet to receive any response”.
On his side, the general Secretary of the Public Workers Union (PUWU), Michael Adumattah Nyantakyi, disclosed that the MD has done nothing extra ordinary since his arrival in the company.
“He’s not finding any solutions to the problems at hand, since his arrival we have not seen anything extra ordinary so it’s time for him to be replaced.” He said this on News Beat on Metro TV.
The current retirement age is 60 in accordance with the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766), as amended by the National Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2014 (Act 883).