General News of Wednesday, 26 April 2006

Source: The Heritage

'Tarzan' to become new GIA boss?

Barring any last minute change of decision, former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr Charles Wereko Brobbey will be appointed as the substantive CEO of the Ghana International Airlines (GIA).

According to the Heritage investigations he is a keen insider in the current happenings at the airline and government is preparing him to take over the leadership of the airline.

Meanwhile, the national carrier risks being thrown out of its Silver Star towers office.

According to the Heritage newspaper the airline is perching (squatting) at where it is in the Silver Star towers and Mary Greens lade information services, real owners of the offices could ask it to vacate if the confrontation and misunderstanding with GIA-US continues.

Mary Greens lade information services is said to be owned by the embattled Vice President of the airline, Sammy Crabbe.

Documents available to the Heritage newspaper with the signature of former Vice President of the airline, Albert Vitale suggest that the airline is allowed to squat in the offices of the Silver star towers simply because it has secured an agreement with the Mary Greens lade Information Services for it to provide some services to the airline based on the joint ownership agreement.

Mary Greens lade Information Services is a subsidiary organization of one of the shareholders of GIA-USA, LLC and with the collapse of the agreement and the daily harassment of its owners, the company is likely to sever ties with the airline and subsequently ask it to vacate the Silver Star towers it currently occupies.