Ghana Post workers angry…At Kweku Baako

Workers of Ghana Post Company (GP) Limited have accused Mr Kweku Baako Jnr., Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide of being a tool in the hands of some faceless individuals who are hell-burnt on smearing the image of the leadership of the company so that they would ingratiate themselves to powers of authority.

Mr Enoch Tei Mensah, Employment and Social Welfare Minister

According to the workers, there are some individuals both in management and board levels, who are ever prepared to thwart any step taken by management to improve the fortunes of the ailing company.

These individuals, the workers noted, are the ones who are spoon-feeding Mr Baako with all manner of documents and stories to damage the reputation of the leadership of Ghana Post management.

The workers pointed out that the 26th May, 2010 publication of the New Crusading Guide owned by Mr Baako was a “hatchet job”.

They noted that the publication was an insider’s job meant to destroy and tarnish the reputation of the acting Managing Director, Mr Nicholas Derry, who they claimed has come under unwarranted harassment from the company and the supervising ministry because of his uncompromising posture on management policies.

The workers opined that the publication was baseless because it was devoid of any shred of truth. “There was no iota of fact in the story. It was full of blatant lies concocted by Kweku Baako and his pay masters to ridicule management”, said a worker.

Many attempts to get to Mr Baako to respond to the issues raised by the workers proved futile.

The workers indicated that the publication falls short of professional standard and responsibility.

Asked why the story was without journalistic standard, they said it was slanted to bring the image of the management and especially Mr Dery into disrepute.

They therefore called for professional discipline to be meted out to Mr Baako for the “reckless” publication. They said: “No journalist-imbued with high professional standard and mindful of the principles of objectivity would misconduct himself, like Baako did.”

The workers alleged that journalist who lack conscience and professional turpitude would not carry out thorough inquisition into cases before publication. According to them, Mr Baako’s conduct with regard to the said publication perfectly fits into the above description.

They noted that if Mr Baako were scrupulous he would have carried out due diligence to ascertain the veracity of the story before going to town with it.

They pointed out two possible sources as origin of the story.

“This story can come from the Ministry of Communication or from certain members of the management” who are envious of the acting managing director.