TUC kicks against TOR privatisation

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TIMEWILLTELL 11 years ago

TUC you can do better than kicking against privatization. Just buy it.

We privatized opened up the banking sector and sold off Ghana Telecom and we can all see the outcome.

Ghana government is bankrupt in management of ...
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TUC you can do better than kicking against privatization. Just buy it.

We privatized opened up the banking sector and sold off Ghana Telecom and we can all see the outcome.

Ghana government is bankrupt in management of business enterprises. The workers you fight for are the same who will loot, steal, waste and run down the business. We have had enough of this!
Evangelst. Joseph .B. Agyeman 11 years ago

Oil and its refinery,plays a vital role,to propel the economy,but poor management and in-transparency,coupled with corruption will then leave deficit.We are in a dilemma,and have to be bold to go for the best for the people o ...
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Oil and its refinery,plays a vital role,to propel the economy,but poor management and in-transparency,coupled with corruption will then leave deficit.We are in a dilemma,and have to be bold to go for the best for the people of Ghana.God has bless us with Oil,in commercial and we already have an Oil Refinery,then we need to blend the two together,effectively,for positive results.
IVY 11 years ago

STOMACH TUC

STOMACH TUC
JOHN 11 years ago

YOU CAN HAVE THIS DEBT MONSTER FOR FREE: TUC IS NOT TALKING FOR GHANAIANS BUT FOR THEIR OWN POCKET DEALS

YOU CAN HAVE THIS DEBT MONSTER FOR FREE: TUC IS NOT TALKING FOR GHANAIANS BUT FOR THEIR OWN POCKET DEALS
JOHN 11 years ago

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL US:

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL US:
Kwesi Enin 11 years ago

I am not the least surprised about the stand of the TUC. They are aware that privatization will send majority of their lazy workers home for good thereby denying the TUC the much needed union dues which they the TUC leaders h ...
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I am not the least surprised about the stand of the TUC. They are aware that privatization will send majority of their lazy workers home for good thereby denying the TUC the much needed union dues which they the TUC leaders have been chopping without limit. The day is coming fast when the eyes of the workers will open to see the greed of their TUC leaders and will chase them for deception.
Obenfo 11 years ago

Mr. Assamoah's argument is unnecessary. If the gov't cannot run the refinery at such huge loses, uncontrollable corruption, and mismanagement, what is the next best option? Can the TUC buy it with the accumulated union dues a ...
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Mr. Assamoah's argument is unnecessary. If the gov't cannot run the refinery at such huge loses, uncontrollable corruption, and mismanagement, what is the next best option? Can the TUC buy it with the accumulated union dues and operate the refinery to the benefit of the poor and the country's labor union?

Besides, both Trade Union and the Teachers Union claim they will not cooperate with the President in salary adjustments, and will not allow privatization of TOR even though the company has been non-operational for 9 consecutive months, and, getting rotten to further lose its value. If you were the President, how will you handle such a difficult situation with a tight national budget?

Our faulty thought process is a serious setback to our national development. Well, allowing Woyome alone to get off-the-hook with almost $45 million is likely to agitate every teacher or doctor to ask for his/her share of the booty, regardless of how stringent the financial condition of the country may be. VERY SAD INDEED!
DAN 11 years ago

shell to world wide majors and they will be a surplus of oil in Ghana! including the ability to refine jubilee oil

shell to world wide majors and they will be a surplus of oil in Ghana! including the ability to refine jubilee oil
Mama Tula 11 years ago

Asamoah should stop fooling the workers with the old mentality. He knows very well that it is only when TOR isprivatised and managed properly that the refinery can make profit and pay its due share of the profit to the state ...
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Asamoah should stop fooling the workers with the old mentality. He knows very well that it is only when TOR isprivatised and managed properly that the refinery can make profit and pay its due share of the profit to the state by means of taxation. I guess he has travelled to part of the world where refineries are never in the hands of the government, even in the communist Russia. People like Asamoah who are running the Ghana Government down by opposing every move of the government thus retarding our progress. He shouild give way to a young leader who truly, truly have the people of Ghana at heart rather than opposing what people think is good for the progress of this country. Old Mentality Colonial TUC Boss. He should go home and take care of his grand children.
DAN 11 years ago

a closed business provides work for no one..A business owned by Exxon/Total/Bp/Shell will provide lots of work and surplus of deisel/petro/jet fuel

a closed business provides work for no one..A business owned by Exxon/Total/Bp/Shell will provide lots of work and surplus of deisel/petro/jet fuel
JAMES Y 11 years ago

It will be mad, in absolute terms, if the government privatises TOR, especially, as Ghana has discovered its own crude oil. On previous occasions, the government had spent large sums of tax payers' money to rehabilitate impor ...
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It will be mad, in absolute terms, if the government privatises TOR, especially, as Ghana has discovered its own crude oil. On previous occasions, the government had spent large sums of tax payers' money to rehabilitate important state industries and sold them cheaply to private concerns and individuals who, re-employed only few of the labour force and laid off the rest. Yet after years' operation, those industries were closed down due to lack of investment by the owners. Those which have survived seldom paid enough tax to the state. They owners tried all they could to evade tax.

At present, it is everyone hope that TOR will not go down the same way as the other industries(GIHOC industries) which Nkrumah government built for the country. If the government makes any attempt to sell it, not only the TUC but the public at large will resist it vigorously. Some of the industries which were sold in the past provided the authorities the opportunity to get backhanders from the buyers. Not because they were not profitable- what was required was to plough back the profits to re-invest in them - as we were told to believe.
JAMES Y 11 years ago

Yet, after few years' operation,....
- what was required then was to plough back... - as we were told to believe.

Yet, after few years' operation,....
- what was required then was to plough back... - as we were told to believe.
Nana Kof'i 11 years ago

I would not be surprised if the same NDC gurus who import refined petrol and use TOR as distribution depot are the same people agitating for the sale of TOR. Then the thievery will be complete; BUY OUR JUBILEE OIL AT ROCK BOT ...
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I would not be surprised if the same NDC gurus who import refined petrol and use TOR as distribution depot are the same people agitating for the sale of TOR. Then the thievery will be complete; BUY OUR JUBILEE OIL AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES, REFINE IT AT NOW PRIVATIZED TOR, AND SELL THE PETROL, DIESEL, BITUMEN AND GAS TO POOR GHANAIANS AT EXORBITANT PRICES.
Ataa Kanfla 11 years ago

Those pushing for the sale of TOR have hidden agenda they are pursuing. Fellow Ghanaians, let's be careful with our decision on this TOR sale issue, else we shall undo ourselves.

Those pushing for the sale of TOR have hidden agenda they are pursuing. Fellow Ghanaians, let's be careful with our decision on this TOR sale issue, else we shall undo ourselves.

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