The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Malik Basintale, has pledged to withstand the renewal of the controversial management service agreement with Zoomlion Ghana.
In accordance with him, the present contract—below which employees are paid as little as GHC 250—is unacceptable. He described the earlier administration’s settlement with the corporate as “evil.”
His assertion follows a public marketing campaign by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, who has strongly criticised ongoing plans to resume the contract.
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In a sequence of posts on social media, Awuni urged Basintale and Osman Ayariga, the Performing CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA), amongst others, to terminate the deal. He famous that employees below the association earn lower than the minimal wage in Ghana’s mining sector.
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In a Fb submit responding to the marketing campaign, Basintale wrote:
All my life, I’ve fought for integrity and for the betterment of the youth and the folks of Ghana. For seven years and 9 months, the NPP renewed the Zoomlion contract in its present state, paying Ghanaian youth/employees simply GHC 250.
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His Excellency @JDMahama has come to evaluate, reset, and convey Ghana again on observe. This contains guaranteeing that each employee is paid pretty for his or her labour.
He additional vowed:
I promise, on my honour, as I stand by the grave of my late father, to not renew this contract in its present state or type. It’s evil for the earlier authorities to have dedicated to such an settlement, and I shall cease it.
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Basintale concluded:
My brothers and sisters, on seventh December 2024, change got here—and alter should occur. If my very own mom, brother, or sister have been Zoomlion employees, I wouldn’t be pleased with them incomes GHC 250 as a wage. And for that cause, I can’t be blissful along with your mom, father, brother, or sister receiving the identical.
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Likewise, the Performing CEO of the NYA, Mr Osman Ayariga, has additionally vowed to make sure that the fitting actions are taken concerning the contract.
