Four worker unions of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) have given President Akufo-Addo a two-week ultimatum to sack their Board Chairman, Peter Mac Manu, for breaching several corporate governance practices.

According to the workers, the NPP election strategist is milking the authority of millions of cedis through bad corporate governance practices.

They have, therefore, given the government a two-week ultimatum to sack him or face their wrath.

 The workers made the allegations at a press conference in Takoradi Thursday.

According to the four unions which comprises Tema Senior Staff Union, Tema Junior Staff Union, Takoradi Senior Staff Union and Takoradi Junior Staff Union, Mac Manu  is  deeply involved in nepotism and conflict of interest at the GPHA.

They alleged that the Authority could collapse if the Board Chairman is not reprimanded.
The workers also accused the board chairman of facilitating a contract on an LNG Project, requesting management to let the company pay two hundred thousand dollars ($200, 000) for twenty-five years.

The unions also mentioned Meridian Port Services (MPS) and review of the concession agreement between GPHA and MPS and the role the Dr. Mahamudu Bawamia, the Vice President is playing to sanitize activities and yet the process is being muddied by the board chairman.

They also accused Mr. Manu of “obtaining for himself a contract of over GHS4m for wiring of the newly constructed Electrical/Material Block of the GPHA.”

“Three of his [Mac Manu] children are now the biggest suppliers to the Authority,” the workers further alleged.

“The board Chairman’s wife has taken over ticketing for staff’ travels, and the Authority is being priced at cut-throat prices,” the workers said.

The spokesperson of the four unions, John Aseeph, urged the government to act swiftly on the matter to save the company.

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Reports reaching Atinkaonline indicates that Deputy Roads Ministe,r Anthony Karbo, has been invited by the Criminal Investigations Department for interrogation.

Karbo is allegedly mentioned by GFA boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi in the Anas video as one of the conduits for bribes to the presidency.

The GFA boss is being investigated for allegedly using the names of President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to extort money from some investors.

Nyantakyi has been charged with fraud and has been granted bail.

The video premieres on June 6 at the Accra Conference Center . 

More soon 

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The Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has formally charged embattled President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi , with defrauding by false pretence.

This followed allegations that he used the names of President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to extort money from some investors.

Kwesi Nyantakyi was picked up Wednesday from the Kotoka International Airport by plain-clothed officers on arrival from Morocco and driven straight to the CID Headquarters where he was interrogated for about five hours.

A search was conducted at his home before he was granted bail later. He is to report back to the CID Thursday for further questioning.

President Akufo-Addo reported the head of the country’s football governing body to the police after watching a video documentary by investigative journalist, Anas Aremaeyaw Anas, in which Mr Nyantakyi is allegedly captured engaging in some influence peddling using the names of the president and his Vice.

Mr. Nyantakyi is said to have attempted to use the name of the president and vice president to induce potential investors to part with various sums of money.

He was interrogated in the presence of his lawyer Thaddeus Sory.

The disclosure will prove embarrassing to the man easily recognised as the most successful football head under whose stewardship Ghana first qualified to the FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006 and followed that with two more successive appearances in South Africa (2010) and Brazil in 2014.

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