Newmont Akyem project workers hold employers hostage

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Rachel 11 years ago

It's a Shame that these workers have to resort to this kind of violent act, just to get their point across. Paying them this peanut wages while the expatriates probably making a comfortable salary is really injustice. We cont ...
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It's a Shame that these workers have to resort to this kind of violent act, just to get their point across. Paying them this peanut wages while the expatriates probably making a comfortable salary is really injustice. We continue to sit & allow the west to rape us.
Don Blunt 11 years ago

Even Chinese are at liberty to deny Ghanaian labourers their due at Gun point

Even Chinese are at liberty to deny Ghanaian labourers their due at Gun point
Fufu 11 years ago

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO RAPE AND ENSLAVE US BCOS OUR LEADERS ARE FOOLS, EVERYTHING IS RUN BY THE CHINESE AND THE WEST. WE LACK THE EDUCATION TO MANAGE OUR OWN AFFAIRS.

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO RAPE AND ENSLAVE US BCOS OUR LEADERS ARE FOOLS, EVERYTHING IS RUN BY THE CHINESE AND THE WEST. WE LACK THE EDUCATION TO MANAGE OUR OWN AFFAIRS.
JUFF 11 years ago

EVERYTHING IN GHANA TURNS TO POLITICS: I CAN NOT SLEEP - NDC PROBLEM

EVERYTHING IN GHANA TURNS TO POLITICS: I CAN NOT SLEEP - NDC PROBLEM
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago

Whenever I read some of these appalling conditions of workers and the inhuman treatment by especially foreign companies, I wonder if Ghana has any labour laws on her statutes that protect their citizens from being exploited? ...
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Whenever I read some of these appalling conditions of workers and the inhuman treatment by especially foreign companies, I wonder if Ghana has any labour laws on her statutes that protect their citizens from being exploited? These foreign companies cannot do the same in their own countries yet they go to Ghana and treat Ghanaians with contempt and utter disrespect. I blame the authorities who are not enforcing labour labours laws and regulations or even protecting the foreign companies instead of ensuring that these companies respect the laws of the country.

I think Ghana should set up Employment Tribunal courts as exists in the UK to deal with such matters and to check these abuses.
Don Blunt 11 years ago

One thing wrong with us is that we decorate ourselves with positions and titles, without even knowing the responsibilities attached to those positions, and without knowing whose responsibility, or what to do when we are remin ...
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One thing wrong with us is that we decorate ourselves with positions and titles, without even knowing the responsibilities attached to those positions, and without knowing whose responsibility, or what to do when we are reminded it is our responsibility. But we are handicapped by the dole-outs and presents we just collected from the foreigners.
The easiest defense is to fabricate a partisan witch-hunt allegedly propagated from the other side.
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

The Akyem Mafia is holding the Supreme couert hostage too.

The Akyem Mafia is holding the Supreme couert hostage too.
Old Dirty Bastard 11 years ago

These bushmen will kill them and just shout all die be die.

These bushmen will kill them and just shout all die be die.
anokwale 11 years ago

To be honest, expatriates come and see how local enterprises mistreat workers and pay them late. They are only copying what they see when they come. We need to focus on strong labor law among ourselves before getting angry ...
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To be honest, expatriates come and see how local enterprises mistreat workers and pay them late. They are only copying what they see when they come. We need to focus on strong labor law among ourselves before getting angry of expats....
Nicholas . J. Bedzo 11 years ago

An agreement was reached on that 3cedis an hour deal with the workers
they should again signed for the seserance award pay,but that was not done. At the time you people were hungary and accepted anything they offer, now you ...
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An agreement was reached on that 3cedis an hour deal with the workers
they should again signed for the seserance award pay,but that was not done. At the time you people were hungary and accepted anything they offer, now you wake up from your slumbers and found you made a mistake?
Force will not solve this situation
better go back to apologiase to your
eployers.
KWABENA DANSOMAN 11 years ago

IF A DAY CAUSES THEM 4MILLION DOLLARS THEN SHOULD IT WARRANT WORKERS TO DEMAND THEIR DUE BY HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE.THEY SHOULD RESPECT THE RIGHT OF THE WORKERS TO ALSO SURVIVE.INSTEAD OF PUTTING UP POLICE STATIONS TO SAFEGUARD ...
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IF A DAY CAUSES THEM 4MILLION DOLLARS THEN SHOULD IT WARRANT WORKERS TO DEMAND THEIR DUE BY HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE.THEY SHOULD RESPECT THE RIGHT OF THE WORKERS TO ALSO SURVIVE.INSTEAD OF PUTTING UP POLICE STATIONS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR SECURITY THEY SHOULD RATHER TREAT THE PEOPLE WELL AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES.THIS IS DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
Inquiry 11 years ago

Say what?

Say what?
Bentil 11 years ago

This only happens in Ghana where foreign companies fleece the populace and employ a lot of incompentent foreigners.Out polys,technicval institues, artisans are unemployed in their numbers but we allow any body into the countr ...
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This only happens in Ghana where foreign companies fleece the populace and employ a lot of incompentent foreigners.Out polys,technicval institues, artisans are unemployed in their numbers but we allow any body into the country.The 4 miliion dollars is mostly to the contractor and the salaries of the expats. i know they are averaging 12000USD/month for some of them who are incompetent. Ghana Govt wake up, next time there might be fatalities and the whiole world will be shouting. This will not happen in most Southern African countries.Newmont is known for its poor recvord in Indonesia and recently in Peru.
JUFF 11 years ago

NPP WILL DISTROY GHANA FOR US

NPP WILL DISTROY GHANA FOR US
kwabena 11 years ago

your i q is very very low as regardto ths coment what has npp got to do with this?

your i q is very very low as regardto ths coment what has npp got to do with this?
Say the TRUTH 11 years ago

The workers were said to have wielded guns and clubs at the expatriates and also kept some of the employers hostage, making them sign an agreement under duress to increase their basic salaries.

WITH PROPER EDUCATION FOR TH ...
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The workers were said to have wielded guns and clubs at the expatriates and also kept some of the employers hostage, making them sign an agreement under duress to increase their basic salaries.

WITH PROPER EDUCATION FOR THESE GUYS DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BEHAVE IN SUCH AN IGONRAMOUS WAy???????

FORCING EMPLOYERS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT UNDER DURESS?????

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabaaaaaaaaaaaa Ghanafo) NO WONDER YOU ARE REJECTING EVEN FREE SHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kk3 11 years ago

Share your riches with the poor, before they share their poverty with you!

Share your riches with the poor, before they share their poverty with you!
THE CHOSEN ONE 11 years ago

WHAT A NATION.THESE LAZY SOULS CALLED GHANAIAN WORKERS ARE AT IT AGAIN.YOU SHOULD VENT YOUR ANGER ON THESE SOCALLED HONOURABLE POLITICIANS WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL BENIFIT THE WHOLE POPULACE AND LEAVE PEOPLE WHO BRING ...
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WHAT A NATION.THESE LAZY SOULS CALLED GHANAIAN WORKERS ARE AT IT AGAIN.YOU SHOULD VENT YOUR ANGER ON THESE SOCALLED HONOURABLE POLITICIANS WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL BENIFIT THE WHOLE POPULACE AND LEAVE PEOPLE WHO BRING THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.
IF YOU CAN DO THIS TO AN INVESTOR AND LEAVE THESE NKWASIA FOO WHO ARE FOOLING YOU AND CHOPPING YOUR MONEY WITH NOTHING TO SHOW.
SHINE SHINE YOUR EYES FOR THIS IS NO GOOD NEWS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AND FOR THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.
AKYEM ODA CITIZEN 11 years ago

WHO IS ACTUALLY BENEFITING FROM NEWMONT AKYEM PROJECT?
IS NOT THE POPULACE OF THE AREA AS VICTOR SMITH IS TRYING TO PAINT NEITHER THE WORKFORCE.
YOU GO ROUND THE VILLAGES AROUND ABIREM, ie, NTRONANG, MAMAASO, YAFOMANG AND ...
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WHO IS ACTUALLY BENEFITING FROM NEWMONT AKYEM PROJECT?
IS NOT THE POPULACE OF THE AREA AS VICTOR SMITH IS TRYING TO PAINT NEITHER THE WORKFORCE.
YOU GO ROUND THE VILLAGES AROUND ABIREM, ie, NTRONANG, MAMAASO, YAFOMANG AND THE REST, DIFFERENT STORY WILL BE HEARD.
INITIALLY, THE BENEFITS WHICH WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE PEOPLE WERE PAID TO TWO CHIEFS FROM AKYEM KOTOKU TRADITIONAL AREA, THAT IS, NANA ANYINASIHENE(FORMER COUNCIL OF STATE MEMBER), AND THE QUEEN MOTHER OF KOTOKU NANA AKUA ASANTEWAA UP UNTILL NANA KOTOKUHENE FRIMPONG MANSO IV PUT INJUNCTION ON PAYMENTS TO THESE TWO CHIEFS WHEN THEY FAILED TO ACCOUNT TO THE TRADITIONAL COUNCIL MONIES PAID TO THEM BY NEWMONT.
THIS IS THE SORDID AFFAIR OF NEWMONT AKYEM PROJECT.
THE TWO CHIEFS MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. AS I AM WRITING THEY HAVE USED THEIR TRADITIONAL POSITION TO SECURED A HEALTHY CONTRACT WITH NEWMONT. IS THIS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
THEY MUST COME BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL COUNCIL TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY PESEWA OF PEOPLES MONEY.
newmontsux 11 years ago

sadly newmont are all about profit not community. the new ceo has indicated he wants to cut costs so job cuts and cheaper contractors will be the order of the day.. God bless the people of Ghana

sadly newmont are all about profit not community. the new ceo has indicated he wants to cut costs so job cuts and cheaper contractors will be the order of the day.. God bless the people of Ghana
efo 11 years ago

Ghanaians workers are fed up with cheating and being oppressed at work. no body listens to them until action is taken. good job by these workers.they think we are fools and they are running to Accra. we will chase them modafu ...
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Ghanaians workers are fed up with cheating and being oppressed at work. no body listens to them until action is taken. good job by these workers.they think we are fools and they are running to Accra. we will chase them modafuckers down there too.
Nana Asare 11 years ago

I THINK THE EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR COMMISSION HAS MAKE LAWS TO STOP THE NONSENSE AND THE BAD TREATMENT BEING METTED ON GHANAIANS BY FOREIGNERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.

I THINK THE EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR COMMISSION HAS MAKE LAWS TO STOP THE NONSENSE AND THE BAD TREATMENT BEING METTED ON GHANAIANS BY FOREIGNERS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
Hear it Clear 11 years ago

That is the work of Ghanaians among the management. It has always being the habit of greedy Ghanaians bewitching their own people. A big shame!

That is the work of Ghanaians among the management. It has always being the habit of greedy Ghanaians bewitching their own people. A big shame!
Stephen Mensah 11 years ago

I worked with G5 before and its seems that is how they treat their workers any time work is about to finish,this sort of things happen our leaders are not helping us.this should stop now,the workers did the right thing.

I worked with G5 before and its seems that is how they treat their workers any time work is about to finish,this sort of things happen our leaders are not helping us.this should stop now,the workers did the right thing.
GA 11 years ago

These SA Apartheid Company has got the track record of having a free and and incorrugible management cheating in Ghana.
This happened to G5 on Tarkwa phase 4, Bogosu Expansion projects. Currently, they take Ghanaain workers ...
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These SA Apartheid Company has got the track record of having a free and and incorrugible management cheating in Ghana.
This happened to G5 on Tarkwa phase 4, Bogosu Expansion projects. Currently, they take Ghanaain workers to neighbouring B.F and Mali as Expats and pay them in GH Cedis. If we know the hourly rate being charged on this project per artisan ( USD12 -18). Shame onto all these companies.
Lets check the permits of these Expats and see. Almost all of them hold visitor's visa and are working and womANISING AND INFECTING INNOCENT WOMEN WITH ..........
WATCH AND SEE
Charity 11 years ago

Its really shocking the level of reporting we have in Ghana. Which witnesses verified the guns and hostage taking, this is just ridiculous; shame on you Ghana web!

Its really shocking the level of reporting we have in Ghana. Which witnesses verified the guns and hostage taking, this is just ridiculous; shame on you Ghana web!
Yakubu musah 10 years ago

Newmont is the best company in the world

Newmont is the best company in the world

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