Workers of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in Ghana have expressed misgivings after a list of seven persons said to have been appointed as new Board Members of the refinery emerged on social media and was published across online portals.
The West African nation’s premier refinery has seen some mismanagement by successive leadership with the refinery currently saddled with huge indebtedness.
The refinery is currently being managed by a three-member Interim Management Committee (IMC) chaired by Ing Norbert Anku.
It was constituted after the Managing Director, Francis Boateng, and his Deputy, Ato Morrison, were dismissed last year.
Since the IMC assumed the post, the workers say they have demonstrated capacity to turn the refinery around if they are given the necessary support from the government.
In a petition intercepted by energynewasfrica.com, the workers argued that since they (IMC) were appointed, TOR’s operations are gradually gaining its glory with our partners because strategic measures have been put in place to fix the plant.
“When the workers heard of the appointment of the new board, staff of TOR were in dilemma and the question they are asking is why can’t the President allow the IMC to roll out their strategic policies before any appointment is affected?” it said.
The workers said, “We are pleading that Mr.President, for once, let this IMC stay a little longer to ensure that what they plan to implement to salvage the refinery is achieved”.
”Mr President, this plea from the workers of TOR has never happened before. This shows that the workers are extremely happy with what the IMC is implementing.”
The workers expressed fear that if the IMC is kicked out, the new Board and the incoming Managing Director may erode the gains achieved.
The workers appealed to the President to consider IMC members for appointment in the refinery.
Meanwhile, Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh is expected to meet leadership of the TOR workers’ Union to appraise himself with developments at the refinery.
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