Public Utilities Workers’ Union, GWCL staff protest over Deputy MD’s appointment

Public Utilities Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress and some staff of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) are protesting the nomination of Collins Nuntwiri Nuamah as Deputy Managing Director, Finance and Administration to the company.

The nomination of Collins Nuamah has sparked tension and gotten red flags hoisted at the headquarters of the company in Accra.

According to Union and staff, Mr. Nuamah does not have the required qualification for the job, thus should not be considered for the position.

Addressing the media, the first Vice Trustee of the Public Utilities Workers’ Union, Samuel Amo-Kakabaah said “We are here to register our position on the nomination of a Deputy Managing Director-Finance and Administration for Ghana Water. Our position is spelled out in the petition we have written to the Chief of Staff, we have copied the director of SIGA, the board chairman of Ghana Water, the Managing Director, and the Minister. Our position is very clear and simple, we want to state on record that we are not against the appointment of heads of entities by the presidency, but our concern is that the position of the Managing Director is an appointee of the presidency, but the Deputy Managing Director’s position is a position we feel should be filled with people with both the technical and institutional knowledge of our operations”.

He added, “We believe that the technical people will also help the Managing Director who is a political appointee to do his work appropriately. The profile of the purported nominee indicates that he lacks the requisite professional qualification to be a Deputy MD. We want the appointing authority to consider that”.