Tension mounts as New Times Corporation staff fight plans by MD to extend her tenure

Tension is mounting at state-owned New Times Corporation (NTC), publishers of the Ghanaian Times and Spectator newspapers, as workers oppose a request by the managing director, Ms Carol Annan, seeking an extension of her four-year contract. The workers accused the MD of almost collapsing the corporation, saying an extension of her contract will be suicidal. […]