Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Hadzide, has asked the Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) to provide decent packages for workers affected by the banking crisis.
[contextly_sidebar id=”1DveALzTUnYNzo1tHOIG84ECe7dDXbwm”]The Deputy Minister indicated that this intervention is necessary, given the Consolidated Bank’s recent decisions which only suggest that it has failed to prioritize concerns of the affected workers.
“We must encourage the Consolidated Bank. I know these are difficult times for them as well, but we must encourage the Consolidated Bank to do the right thing for these people. They could do more for these staff.”
“They have talked about re-training of these staff, but the staff do not need training ..The question of training does not arise. I think that the receiver would have to prioritize some considerations and in the scheme of things it appears the workers are not number one when it comes to priorities, but I think we need to find a way. I think it is not a problem of the staff. This has to do with the big men upstairs. I think we should all have a conversation about what we can do about this,” said the Deputy Minister.
Protests over unpaid salaries
On Thursday, some security personnel from Top Core Security who had been providing services for the now -defunct Unibank in Accra threatened to lock up managers of CBG at the World Trade Centre office in Accra.
This was to demand their unpaid salaries and frozen accounts after the collapse of uniBank.
In an interview with Citi News, some of the security guards said the state of affairs is taking a toll on their lives.
ICU, CBG deliberate on packages
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), is to meet the Receiver of the Consolidated Bank Ghana over the exit packages for workers of the five collapsed banks.
The labour union is hopeful its intervention will reduce the impact of job layoffs on the livelihoods of the affected employees.
The five collapsing banks were merged into Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited namely Royal Bank, Beige Bank, Construction Bank, Sovereign Bank, and uniBank.
Between August 2017 to August 2018, seven indigenous banks have had their licenses revoked over liquidity challenges.
There are reports suggesting that the Consolidated Bank will lay off 1,700 workers out of the 3,700 staff that it assumed from the five collapsed banks that were merged by the Bank of Ghana.
Capital Bank and UT Bank, which collapsed in August 2017, also left their trail of employee casualties.
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By: Marian Ansah/citinewsroom.com/Ghana
