The Railway Workers Union of Ghana is demanding details of a said contract between the Ghana Railway Company Limited and Thelo DB Railway of South Africa.

In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Godwill Ntarmah, the workers are calling on authorities to get them involved in the activities of the company.

According to them, while they are open to any negotiation to get the company back to its feet, they will protest any agreement that interferes with workers’ operations.

“Our attention has been drawn to a social media report indicating a supposed contract to be signed between Ghana Railway Company and Thelo DB Railway of South Africa. As a stakeholder in the Ghana Railway Company limited, we are really surprised that we are not in the known of the details of the contract and our desire in really getting to have more insight into the supposed deal is not forthcoming”.

“We labour, we welcome any arrangement to put the railway back to track. However, any arrangement we are not sure of, we will not hesitate to express our displeasure about it”, the statement explained.

They further entreated the authorities to be strategic in their approach to lure investors to support the company and the sector at large.

According to them, the condition of services of the workers in the company should be prioritized.

“We want to state that, we are aware of a contract signed earlier with China Railway Wuju Group Corporation for the construction of the Western Railway Line from Huni Valley to Dunkwa. If this contract is anything to go by then what is this new proposed contract going to be. We would humbly suggest that we hasten slowly in our quest to source for investors to build our Railways”, it added.

“We should be mindful of the fact, GRCL has over 1,300 workers currently in service and any arrangement to have a contract for the building of the Railway should have the interest of workers, which we think is not forthcoming”, they added.