Ex Coca-Cola Employee Wants Justice

James Adongo Akologo

A former employee of Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited is crying for justice after the multinational failed to pay his redundancy package after forcing him to resign about three years ago.

James Adongo Akologo, a father of eight, was a former Depot Clerk at the Sunyani Depot.

He told CITY & BUSINESS GUIDE that he worked with the company for over 14 years before management decided to close down the Sunyani Depot in January 2010.

According to him, management asked him to resign as part of plans to close down the depot instead of being declared redundant.

'I complied thinking that that would not affect any benefits as a result of the company's decision to close down the Sunyani Depot,' he pointed out.

Mr. Akologo told the paper that after his resignation, the company gave him 800 crates of coca cola as part of his benefits, but to his surprise the company recently wrote a letter to him.

'They demanded that I pay an amount of GH¢13,520 being the cost of the product as they claimed it was given to me on credit.'

He explained that he had written officially to the company on the matter, but officials insisted he paid back the money or be prosecuted.

The obviously distressed Mr. Adongo, who has developed a high blood pressure as a result of the development, appealed to the government and human rights organizations to come to his aid to claim all his redundancy benefits from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company Limited.

 FROM Fred Tettey Alarti-Amoako, Sunyani