Trade Fair CEO Fights Atik Mohammed

The Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Fair Company Limited Dr. Agnes Adu has threatened to sue PNC’s Atik Mohammed for defamation.

The suspended General Secretary of the PNC on Facebook accused Dr. Agnes Adu of drawing a salary of GHc20, 000 monthly while the company continued to struggle.

He wrote “you are appointed to help revive the struggling Ghana Trade Fair Company Ltd and you pay yourself GHS 20,000. How insensitive! I thought the Finance Minister was reviewing downward all CEO salaries!

“These are some of the things that will cripple this government. No money to undertake major capital investments and some recurrent spending and yet one person heading a defunct state owned company is bagging about GHS 250,000 annually. Where are the priorities and the mantra of “business will not be as usual under the NPP?”

In response, Dr. Adu urged Atik to apologise within 20 minutes or face her in court for spreading falsehood about her.

According to her, operations of the company were severely mismanaged by her predecessor during the Mahama era.

The CEO of the company made this revelation in a one-on-one interview on Happy FM’s ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show.

“The NDC CEO failed to collect revenue from tenants and they were in arrears nearly 2million ghc. The NDC CEO had ran this company to the ground. If I want to flush the toilet my first day on the job I had to fetch water with a bucket and pour into the toilet tank!!! And that was only the beginning,” she revealed.

According to her, when she took over as CEO, the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited owed the Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) and Ghana Water and Sewage Company (GWCL) several thousands of Ghana Cedis in terms of utility bills.

she disclosed that she has been able to restore power at the Trade Fair Centre for the first time since 2015.

She also hinted that she has been able to collect nearly 1million in ground rent arrears and deposited every penny into the companys account.

Dr Adu stated that the company has been revived because of the prudent management measures introduced under her administration.

“I worked for free at no pay and I continue to work month after month with no pay. I drive my own car to work every day. For the first time in 18months the employees except me get a paycheck every month. I have restored ecg power to to trade fair Center for the first time since 2015. And I still haven’t been paid. Because I am here to turn the Company around,” she bemoaned.

By: thePublisheronline