Akosua Frema Osei-Opare
A spontaneous issuance of transfer letters at GOIL is leading to an unrest within the corridors of the company.
GOIL, a state owned Oil Company is currently experiencing a rash of transfer letters, mainly towards female staff in the Marketing Department.
Some of the affected workers who want to remain anonymous have called on the Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei Opare, and the Vice President-Elect, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, to use their good offices to intervene.
The female workers comprise members of the Marketing Department as well as regional and district zonal managers.
Sources suggest that about 44 workers in the Marketing Department have received letters transferring them to new positions.
Deep throat sources suggest that workers in all the other departments are closely monitoring events in the Marketing Department and how it would affect their departments.
Some of the affected workers attribute the current moves to the change of management.
The immediate past Managing Director, Kwame Osei-Prempeh, retired on 30th November this year.
According to sources some unseen hands are behind this orchestration to maneuver their way back to high positions.
“In times past, some of the people who wanted to maneuver their way back had their issues, which saw them being replaced when they should have been kicked outright from the company. Now they see the change in power as an opportunity to rebuild themselves,” the sources said.
“There is so much tension and mistrust in the system. Staff morale is very low. The Board Members are in place but they feel virtually toothless because of the change of power and cannot seem to have the power to interfere with the new management decisions,” they said.
They reiterated their called on the Vice President-Elect, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, to intervene because most of those affected were women.
“Now that we have a woman at that high place, we should see her influence in protecting women working in state-owned parastatals,” they said.
A Daily Guide Report