Liberia: Weah's Royal Communications Inc. Goes Bankrupt - Aggrieved Employees Stage Go-Slow Action Over Five Months' Unpaid Salaries

Monrovia — Aggrieved employees of the Royal Communications Incorporated , owned by former Liberia n President George Manneh Weah, have staged a go slow action in demand for the payment of their nearly five months' salary arrears owed them by the management.Both City FM 90.2 and Clar Tv Channel 5 have been off the airwaves for more than four years now.

They added that the situation has also compelled them to credit huge sum of monies from local money exchangers at their work place and in their various communities. Monies generated by the station's management for airing of jingles, talk shows and other programs are being remitted into the station's account.Following the ascendancy of George Weah to the Liberian presidency, some corporations, including the National Port Authority and the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation , amongst other signed mouth-watering deals with the station.

The aggrieved employees have been questioning the signatories to the station's bank account since in fact, conflicting accounts have been provided to them on who authorizes funds to be released from the account. "What do I have to show to my children or friends that I am working for a former President's station? Nothing. We received a lot of insults from people in our communities during and after the elections because of former President Weah. But we don't have anything to show for that."

They pointed out that though they exerted efforts to reach closed associates of former President Weah, nothing has been done to address their plights. They claimed that it doesn't make sense for the institution to be given a facelift while they do not have anything home to feed their families. "The station cannot even reach far away and people are refusing to do business with us. Who will do business with a station that will be on for one hour and goes off the entire day and comes on late the following day? We used to receive money from NPA but right now, we don't even know whether there is money in our account to pay us."

They are calling for the management to upgrade the station, pay them off, maintain or hire new employees at the station.

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