{"id":648747,"date":"2019-07-02T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Liu Xing speaking to the media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE\nMANAGEMENT of Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) at Awaso in the Western North Region is\ncalling on government to strengthen security in and around the company to restore\ninvestor conf"},"modified":"2019-07-02T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:44:13","slug":"bauxite-company-calls-for-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/02\/bauxite-company-calls-for-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauxite Company Calls For Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liu Xing speaking to the media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE<br \/>\nMANAGEMENT of Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) at Awaso in the Western North Region is<br \/>\ncalling on government to strengthen security in and around the company to restore<br \/>\ninvestor confidence.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto them the violent demonstration which rocked the company leading to the<br \/>\nburning of its offices, equipment and other stuff has the potential to affect<br \/>\nthe company in the long run if stringent measures are not taken to address the<br \/>\nissues.<\/p>\n<p>Vice<br \/>\nGeneral Manager of GBC, Liu Xing in an interview noted that they are still in<br \/>\nshock as a result of the disturbance and the workers are afraid to return to work.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid the violence could negatively affect future investment commitments into<br \/>\nthe company and called on the government to bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Violence <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\ncompany last month shut down as aggrieved workers staged a violent<br \/>\ndemonstration that resulted in the burning of company properties.<\/p>\n<p>Company<br \/>\nbungalows, offices and cars were torched by the angry staff who said their<br \/>\nworking conditions need to be improved. The two day protest by the workers<br \/>\nstarted on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\naggrieved workers allegedly moved to the residence of the Human Resource<br \/>\nManager and set the house and vehicles on the compound ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>They<br \/>\nare also said to have caused extensive damage to the residence of the Chinese<br \/>\nGeneral Manager, blocked the road to the mines with their haulage trucks and<br \/>\nset tyres on fire, thereby halting all economic activities and vehicular<br \/>\nmovement.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nChinese managers of the company escaped in the course of the protests, while<br \/>\nthe Ghanaian Human Resource Manager also managed to escape to an unknown<br \/>\nlocation with his family through the bush.<\/p>\n<p>On<br \/>\nJune 20, the Minister of Lands\u00a0 and<br \/>\nNatural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, visited the mines and expressed shock<br \/>\nover the massive destruction caused to the properties of the company.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\ndescribed the demonstration that led to the destruction of the properties as<br \/>\nillegal, since the demonstrators had failed to comply with the Public Order<br \/>\nAct.<\/p>\n<p>He,<br \/>\ntherefore, asked the security agencies to take immediate steps to crack down on<br \/>\nthe perpetrators of the violent acts.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\ncompany has since called on government to bring the perpetrators of the violence<br \/>\nto book to save the company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay Claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,<br \/>\nthe company has denied claims that it pays its workers meagre wages.<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nan interview Saturday in Accra, Vice General Manager of GBC, Liu Xing, said the<br \/>\ncompany employed about 600 workers and paid them depending on their<br \/>\nqualification, skills set and expertise.<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto him, the average salary of the workers was GH\u20b5800, with some of the highly skilled<br \/>\nworkers earning from GH\u20b53,500.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, explained that the management and the workers were negotiating over revision of their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Gibril Abdu Razak <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liu Xing speaking to the media THE MANAGEMENT of Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) at Awaso in the Western North Region is calling on government to strengthen security in and around the company to restore investor confidence. 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