GBC workers declare DG Amin Alhassan persona non grata

Unionised staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) have declared the Director-General, Professor Amin Alhassan, persona non grata.

At a durbar in Accra on Thursday, August 28, 2025, the Divisional Union Chairman, Sam Nat Kevor, accused Prof. Alhassan of mismanagement, financial impropriety, neglect of staff welfare, and abandoning the corporation’s core mandate.

The workers further questioned his legitimacy to remain in office, pointing out that his contract expired in 2023. They disclosed that his salary has been suspended since March 2025 due to the absence of financial clearance.

“With all these, anyone at all would have resigned honourably, but that is not what we are made to see. Rather, he is tormenting workers who speak to make this matter known. GBC lands has been one of the first to raise the issue with this director general.

“In Tamale, workers went to work, and when they got back, their bungalows were earmarked for eviction. Our director general said he has no knowledge about it, but now, when you go there, the place is China Mall. As to how the evaluation was one or the proceeds of the same, we do not know.

“The same way, when you go to Adum Kumasi, the land that is said to be for retirees has been sold. The union has been demanding how much the proceeds of that land are. We were only told 50% has been paid, but 50% of the total amount is not known. We will go into it.

“At the Public Accounts committee, he now says that they are in the process of negotiation, when they asked how much was involved,” he said.

Calling for urgent intervention, the staff urged the appointing authorities to remove him without delay, warning that continued inaction could cripple the operations of the state broadcaster.

“Now, GBC is a crime scene, and we need to uncover all these. So far as the appointing authority is concerned, the NMC is playing undue delaying game on these things; we are declaring Prof Amin Perna non grata.

“… The Corporation is near collapse, and we cannot have a Director-General whose contract has expired still signing cheques and official documents on behalf of GBC,” Kevor stressed.

Source: citinewsroom