Tag Archives: WORKERS

Sex workers go ‘gaga’ with charges over high rent, economic hardship

Commercial sex workers in Accra have readjusted their charges as a result of prevailing economic hardships in the country. According to a report by JoyNews, this means that the longer time a person spends with these women, the more charges they’ll pay. While sex may be a deep expression of …

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Police arrest 12 commercial sex workers in Ho

The Volta Regional Police Command have arrested some twelve female commercial sex workers in the regional capital Ho. The ladies, 20 to 35 of age, were arrested on Saturday, 19 March, 2022 at a popular drinking spot near the Ho Technical University (HTU). Ho in recent times is flagged with …

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Sex workers go digital, form WhatsApp groups

Commercial sex workers in Tana River County, Kenya, have elected to digitise their business by forming WhatsApp groups led by various veterans in the trade. According to Nairobi News, the sex workers said they were yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government, …

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Commercial sex workers go digital

Commercial sex workers in Kenya say they are yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government. This, some of them say, has forced them to look for other means of sustaining their trade. Thus, they have elected to digitize their business, in …

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‘Our 60-year-old MD must go’ – ECG workers

Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) say they do not want a contract extension for their Managing Director, Kwame Agyeman-Budu who has reportedly attained the mandatory retirement age of 60.     The workers led by their divisional leadership under the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are calling for …

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GTP workers deny MD entry into factory again

This will be the second time workers of Textiles Ghana Limited, producers of GTP and Woodin fabrics in Tema, have disallowed their Managing Director from entering the factory’s premises. The workers who embarked on a sit-down strike stated that their MD, Fatoumata Doro, was treating them unfairly after she neglected …

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Collapsed wall kills two construction workers in Ashanti Region

Two workers at a construction site were buried alive when a wall collapsed on them at Konkromoase, near Atasemanso in the Ashanti region. The two men, yet to be identified, are believed to be between the ages of 27 and 39 years. They were among four employees digging a trench …

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Commercial sex workers take over Kwadaso M/A Basic School

Commercial sex workers operating around Kwadaso Municipality in the Ashanti Region have taken over the premises of the Kwadaso M/A Basic School using classrooms in the facility for their unscrupulous business. According to the teachers, the activities of Commercial sex workers are due to the absence of security and proper lighting systems at the school premises. According to them, …

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Pay contributions of workers on their right earnings – SSNIT warns

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has implored employers to pay the contributions of workers on their right earnings to enable them to get a decent pension on retirement. Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, the Director-General of SSNIT, who made the call, said the amount a retiree received as pension …

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Scam Alert: EOCO cautions salaried workers

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has cautioned salaried workers on the current scams targeting them. EOCO said it had in recent times received a number of complaints from salaried workers, who had fallen victims to these individuals. A statement issued in Accra, and signed by Madam Faustina Lartey, …

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