{"id":444359,"date":"2017-12-06T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/workers-strike-over-wrongful-dismissals-at-octp-ten-oilfields\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:00:28","slug":"workers-strike-over-wrongful-dismissals-at-octp-ten-oilfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/workers-strike-over-wrongful-dismissals-at-octp-ten-oilfields\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers strike over wrongful dismissals at OCTP- TEN oilfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/57493647.295.jpg\" alt=\"Octp Workers.jpeg\" title=\"Octp Workers.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"183\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The aggrieved workers claim they are being replaced by other nationals despite having the expertise<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512583228_891_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian workers operating on the ENI Onshore Receiving Facility (OCTP- TEN) project at Sanzule in the Ellembelle constituency in the Western region, have suspended operations over unlawful dismissals.<\/p>\n<p>Citi Business News understands the workers have embarked on a sit down strike as a result of the development.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian workers, numbering about five hundred say they are gradually being replaced by other nationals on the field despite having same qualification.<\/p>\n<p>A situation one worker who spoke on condition of anonymity describes as a breach of the country\u2019s local content laws.<\/p>\n<p>They believe the move is also a violation of their three months renewable contracts with Amaga Oilfield and Orsam for the past nine months.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what has led to this development as management of ENI is yet to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The OCTP fields is expected to continuously supply Ghana\u2019s thermal power system, from 2018 to 2036.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aggrieved workers claim they are being replaced by other nationals despite having the expertise Ghanaian workers operating on the ENI Onshore Receiving Facility (OCTP- TEN) project at Sanzule in the Ellembelle constituency in the Western region, have suspended operations over unlawful dismissals. Citi Business News understands the workers have embarked on a sit down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":444363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Workers strike over wrongful dismissals at OCTP- TEN oilfields - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/workers-strike-over-wrongful-dismissals-at-octp-ten-oilfields\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Workers strike over wrongful dismissals at OCTP- TEN oilfields - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The aggrieved workers claim they are being replaced by other nationals despite having the expertise Ghanaian workers operating on the ENI Onshore Receiving Facility (OCTP- TEN) project at Sanzule in the Ellembelle constituency in the Western region, have suspended operations over unlawful dismissals. 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