BOST: Board chair comments on laid wreaths bearing name of MD
The Board of Directors the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) has commented on an incident that took place at the company’s head office on Monday, February 7, 2022.
Fear gripped workers of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) after they were welcomed to work on Monday by wreaths laid at the entrance of the head office bearing the name of the Chief Executive Officer, Edwin Provencal.
The mostly white and red coloured wreaths were laid by a group of unidentified persons at dawn with inscriptions, some of which read “RIP Edwin Provencal”, “Rest well” among others.
It is not immediately clear what the intentions of the perpetrators are but Mr Provencal in an interview described the development as strange but not unexpected.
“Lately, transport owners’ activities on the adulteration and tampering of seals which is curbed by BOST and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has made us targets”, he said.
Mr Provencal also noted that the action meant to stop the rot in the system to restore the image of the company and allow the government to rake in the needed revenues could be a factor which is allowing leading transporters who seem disgruntled about the Accra-Kumasi pipeline taking away their business.
“I am not surprised because it could also be because some disgruntled staff are worried about the introduction of rigorous performance management systems to drive performance”, he said.
In a statement signed by the Board Chairman of BOST, Ekow Hackman, he asserted the incident has been reported to the appropriate security agencies for investigations to be conducted.
Pending the outcome of the investigations, the Board Chair has entreated both management and staff of the company to refrain from granting further interviews which may cast aspersions on any person or group either within or outside BOST.
Read details of statement by BOST:
Bost Board Release by Fuaad Dodoo on Scribd
