Cocoa board workers protest over unpaid salaries

Workers of the Produce Buying Company of Ghana gathered at the Ashanti Regional headquarters of Cocobod, furious in protests over unpaid salaries.
Speaking to the media, Chairman of the workers’ union, Fredrick Kwame Boakye, called on government to as a matter of urgency pay their ten month salary own them.

“PBC as an institution, we have a staff quantum of about 33,000, district staff and then when you go to BCs the commission staff and then go to their various farmers and their families. I can assure you something of this nature happened when the former Chief Executive Officer was at post.

Mr Kwame boakye demanded an urgent investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) into allegations of mismanagement of funds from the Sample Residue Fund, which was established to defray debts.

He stated that that millions of cedis have been misappropriated from the fund, depriving the employees of essential support and further fuelling their frustrations.