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CHIEFS and youth in Preatea, a gold mining town in the Preatea Huni-Valley District of the Western Region have called for investigations into the complete shutdown of the Prestea Sankofa Gold Limited (PSGL) for the past two months, resulting in the sack of about three hundred (300) workers.<\/p>\n

According to the people in the area, Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), National Security and Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) inquest of the matter would \u00a0unravel the truth ,and \u00a0as well reveal the perpetrators in the financial\u00a0 malfeasance which caused the shutdown of the state- owned gold mining company.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by a \u00a0group, calling itself Prestea Communicators for Development (PCD) with tacit support of \u00a0the chiefs and opinion leaders of Prestea, and copied to Today<\/em><\/strong> last Friday, March 10, 2017, \u201ccited what they described as \u201cheart-breaking\u201d financial malfeasance\u201d in the company for the past four years.<\/p>\n

The statement which was signed by the leaders of the group including Comrade Francis Eshun-President, James Samuel Ackerson-Vice President, Philip Gyan-Secretary, Jonas Kyeremanteng-Organiser and Gideon Kwasi Animah- United Kingdom Correspondent revealed that the company was locked up, due to \u00a0the non-payment of nine months\u2019 salary arrears to over 300 workers.<\/p>\n

The development, the statement stressed has compelled the chiefs and youth to demand thorough investigations into the issue.<\/p>\n

The group who provided documentary proof to support its claim lamented that the fate of PSGL, a subsidiary company under Ghana National Petroleum Co-operation (GNPC) continues to be one of the biggest test case for the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of GNPC, Dr. K.K Sarpong and the incoming GNPC Board of Directors to find solution to, and get the ailing state gold company into production again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it is vital to ensure that, the company is revived for the betterment of the teeming workers, Prestea Community and Ghana as a whole, it is significant also \u00a0to delve into the happenings in the company over the past four years, and find out \u00a0why the company is at its current state,\u201d the group in the statement said.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the group blamed the poor state of the company on the negligence of the Board of Directors of the PSGL who are; Mrs. Alexandra Amoako Mensah, Board Chairperson; Dr. Kwabena Donkor, Government Rep to the Board; Alhaji Fuseini Mahama, Board Member; Awulae Attibrukusu III, Board Member and\u00a0 Emmanuel K. Addady.<\/p>\n

Several mismanagements by Mrs. Alexandra Amoako Mensah-led Board of Directors, the statement alleged have caused the company a colossal sum of money.<\/p>\n

Earlier, when Today <\/em><\/strong>contacted Mrs. Alexandra Amoako Mensah to cross-check the authenticity of the allegation, \u00a0she simply told this reporter that \u201cI am in a meeting so I cannot talk to you now on the issue. So you can call me later in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again, this reporter called Mrs. Alexandra Amoako Mensah, eight hours later but this time she did not answer her call.<\/p>\n

Currently, the statement disclosed that PSGL faces problems including\u00a0 \u00a0eight months\u2019 salary arrears of junior staff (July 2016-February, 2017) and\u00a0 also nine months\u2019 salary arrears of senior staff (June 2016-February 2017).<\/p>\n

The statement also revealed that the Provident Fund (PF) contributions was in arrears for \u00a0the past thirty three months- June 2014-February, 2017<\/p>\n

And to help uncover the truth of the problem, the\u00a0 group appealed to government to set up a committee to conduct forensic audit of PSGL before the dissolution \u00a0of the board of directors .<\/p>\n

\u201cWe in the Communicators for Development also wish to appeal to GNPC and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo -Addo to consider including renowned chief (s) and technocrats in Prestea Huni-Valley District as part of the members of the Board of Directors, as it has been proven \u201cno single community can develop without the inclusion of the community\u2019s own indigenes in key leadership positions,\u201d it suggested.<\/p>\n

Speaking on same matter in a resolution, leadership of Professional Management and Staff Union (PMSU) of the company attributed the poor performance of the company to gross mismanagement of the General Manager (GM), Mr. Lawrence Kojo Yankson and the \u00a0Plant Manager, Mr. Patrick Brempong.<\/p>\n

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