Tema Shipyard staff asked to adopt positive work attitudes
The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA), Mr Richard Anamoo, has charged workers of the PSC Tema Shipyard to adopt positive work attitudes that would positively affect the company’s operations.
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According to him, beyond capital injection into operational areas, the right attitude towards work would be a major avenue to take the company out of the doldrums.
“You must demonstrate professionalism in the discharge of your duties, and also endeavor to avail your expertise at the services of the new management to ensure operational efficiencies”, Mr Anamoo said.
He was of the view that workers attitude to work would attract the needed investment that would positively affect both operations and finances.
Mr Anamoo made the call when he addressed workers of the shipyard at a maiden durbar by the GPHA. The Authority took over the management of the Shipyard on July 1, 2016, following a cabinet decision that endorsed a proposal of the workers union of the facility.
The GPHA is set to inject over US$5 million into the operations of the facility which has had most of its infrastructure in distress as a result of bad management practices in the past.
National Challenge
He told the workers that the handing over of the facility was not only entrusted to GPHA, but to the entire workforce which struggled and fought for what they felt was right.
“This is a national challenge that has been thrown to us, and we must work hard to the envy of all”, he counselled.
The shipyard has had a history of fierce demonstrations dating over two decades, and in the view of this, Mr Anamoo tasked the workers to rather channel their energies into making the drydock a better working place, now that their agitations had resulted in positive actions.
“Let us tell the people of this country that we are not what they think we are, but we are just victims of circumstances and given that opportunity, we are ready to turn this place into a business enterprise,” Mr Anamoo charged the workers.
Job Security
He also assured the workers that the GPHA would safeguard the jobs of all workers, adding that “no worker would be laid off, and we have already demonstrated that by recalling to work two of your colleagues who were dismissed by the previous management”, Mr Anamoo said.
“We are not here to lay off workers, we are here to transform the Tema Shipyard,” he assured.
He also announced that capacity training programmes would be instituted for workers to enable them be abreast of modern ship repair methods.
Similarly, Mr Anamoo hinted that the new management would ensure that international ship repair permits and certifications would be sought for the technical staff of the company to ensure they met the international certification procedures for persons engaged in drydock and ship repair works.
The leadership of the workers union commended Mr Anamoo and the GPHA for appointing Capt Kwesi Micah and pledged their commitment to work hard and ensure the shipyard became a success story.
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