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Coca-Cola justifies removal of former MD after workers agitation

By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
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The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana has provided reasons for the removal of its former MD Seth Adu-Baah.

Coca-Cola in a statement in reaction to the numerous protest by its workers for the reinstatement of the former MD said: "it has been agreed that the company and its former Country Manager will part ways and we are currently negotiating the terms of the separation, in complete compliance with the law".

The statement also said:" We would like to make it abundantly clear that the decision to part ways with the former Country Manager is not related to any planned changes to the business. They are separate issues and the conflation of the two matters has been unfortunate and incorrect interpretation of events.

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The workers from last week have been demonstrating since they started the mass action.

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Speaking to Citi FM, Assistant Secretary of the local chapter of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Coco-Cola Company Goerge Sarpong said the workers will resist the appointment of a new MD.

According to him, the demonstration is a strong message to the President and the Minister of Industry that a member of the management team wants to layoff all Ghanaian directors in the company.

He alleged that the said management member of the company has succeeded in some other African Countries in laying off all Africans in director positions.

"We want to send a clear and a strong signal to the President and the Minister of Industry that there is this man called Felix Gomez who's agenda is to layoff all Ghanaian Managing Directors in executive positions in Coco-Cola, he has done that in Liberia and he has succeeded that in SeriaLeone and in The Gambia, but we are saying no way in Ghana, we will indeed be citizens and not spectators.."

He also revealed that the former MD who has played a critical role in the growth of the company was asked to resign because he refused to layoff some 150 staff of the company.

"He also wants to lay off 150 staff and this current manager protested strongly by refusing to sign and that led to his resignation.."

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