The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the suspension of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession agreement will not affect employees in terms of jobs and salaries.
According to him, government has engaged management of PDS on the status of employees, and that a conclusion would be brought on the matter by close of week.
“[We have had discussions about] the status of the workers during this period of the inquiry. My understanding is that a conclusion will be brought to the matter during this week that we have entered but the important thing is that salaries and jobs will not be hampered,” he said.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah made this known in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM following concerns raised by the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) on the matter.
General Secretary of the PUWU, Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi had told Citi FM that the ongoing fracas has left workers confused.
“There is a lot of anxiety, apprehension, and confusion. Workers keep asking; where do we belong? Are we staff of PDS, are we staff of ECG? We just moved from ECG to PDS, now government says PDS contract has been suspended and ECG will take over,” he said
“With those arrangements so far, there has not been any clear cut pronouncement and it is creating anxiety among workers. Now with all these accounts frozen by the IFC, we are yet to find out which modalities they are going to put in place to make sure staff get their salaries and also on time,” he added.
