ICU-Ghana protests alleged VALCO sale, vows to protect jobs

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU)-Ghana has intensified its opposition to the alleged sale of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), staging a protest to demand that the government abandon any plans to transfer ownership of the state-owned aluminium producer.

Addressing demonstrators on Monday, July 27, ICU-Ghana General Secretary Morgan Ayawine said the protest was intended to defend jobs and safeguard one of Ghana's most significant state-owned enterprises.

While GIADEC insists that discussions are centred on attracting a strategic private investor through a co-ownership model rather than an outright sale, union leaders say they will continue to resist any arrangement they believe could compromise workers' welfare or the country's ownership of a key industrial asset.