Be reasonable - President Mahama tells Volta Star workers
President John Mahama has urged workers of Volta Star Textiles to reconsider their demand for the GH₵ 6.1 million meant for the recapitalisation of the factory to be used to pay their eleven months accumulated salaries, it has been reported.
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Volta Star Textiles faces imminent collapse as management grapples with poor working conditions and inability to generate enough profit for its operations, according to a report by citifmonline on Friday.
The management of the company, according to the report, is unable to pay seven months’ salary arrears to its workers as well as outstanding electricity bills.
The development has prompted workers of the company to lay down their tools, and demand that the GH₵6.1 million be used to pay their salary arrears.
But addressing the chiefs and people of Todome-kpalime during an inspection tour on the eastern corridor roads, President Mahama urged the workers of the company to be reasonable and go back to work.
The President said: “I personally authorized the Export Development and Agriculture Investment Fund (EDAIF) to give the factory GH 6.1Million to recapitalize it to be able to start working again. Now the discussion is that, some of the workers say the money should be used to pay their full arrears.
“But if you use the money to pay their full arrears, there would be no money to restart the factory and so the board and management say let’s give you between two or three months of your arrears and let’s put the rest of the money into production so that we ourselves can start paying you your current monthly pay while we clear the arrears.
“You know the thing is we must be reasonable; we must open the factory and work so that you are guaranteed your future pay.”
