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We can only begin laying off workers after 5 years - MiDA

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This is because the Director of Communications and Outreach at the Millenium Development Authority (MiDA) has said under the signed concessionaire they can only dismiss staff of the ECG after five years.

Speaking on Accra FM Pamela Djamson-Tetteh said they are all concerned about job security so they have put in measures to prevent any retrenchment for now.

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The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) has earlier argued that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact would have a negative impact on the ECG.

This has led to series of demonstration and strikes by the members of the Union.

The government is set to lease ECG to a private company for 25 years as part of the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Account signed by the Government in August 2014.

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But President Mahama earlier tweeted that "the Millennium Challenge Compact will not lead to the privatisation of ECG. ECG will remain a 100% state-owned enterprise."

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