Kwame Botchway quotes the workers as saying that, they have “picked up intelligence that the Corporation’s board is expected to have a meeting at the GBC this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Therefore they are out in their numbers to ensure no board member gets onto the premises,\u00a0Kwame Botchway noted.<\/p>\n The workers have accused the board of \u201cmicromanaging the affairs of GBC\u201d and misappropriating GBC\u2019s internally generated funds by \u201cillegally\u201d employing directors without recourse to due process.<\/p>\n They have vowed to continue protesting\u00a0until\u00a0their demands for the dissolution of the Board of the Corporation are met.<\/p>\n NMC absolves GBC Board<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile the National Media Commission (NMC), has\u00a0cleared the governing board<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of GBC of\u00a0any wrongdoing after a petition sent to them by the workers’ union.<\/p>\n The Executive Secretary of NMC, George Sarpong, \u00a0debunked the claims saying their investigations proved that the board was innocent of the allegations that had been levelled against it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe GBC union made a number of allegations to the commission. The commission established a committee to independently investigate the claims and the committee took each of the claims one by one and gave the union the opportunity to prove the case against the people. They could not substantiate any of the claims they made,\u201d he said<\/p>\n \u201cThey took time to investigate this matter thoroughly beyond the claim that the GBC union made. The commission went out of its ways and investigate further into the matter and found that those allegations were unsustainable,\u201d Mr. Sarpong added.<\/p>\n NMC ‘in bed’ with board<\/strong><\/p>\n The workers accused the NMC of betraying them<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0by lodging a complaint with the Police because of their decision\u00a0to prohibit\u00a0the GBC board members from entering the premises.<\/p>\n A worker at the GBC who spoke to Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0on condition of anonymity said:\u00a0\u201cThe NMC has refused to objectively consider the issues in question, when they came out with their fictitious reports earlier to clear the board, they were popping champagne and celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"GBC3\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GBC3.jpg\")
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