It is reported that the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana will today lay off over 250 employees.  This is said to be an effort to help the company stay in business. 

Such an action, according to the Company, is necessary following the worsening effects of the  current outages, in the country, on its operations. Speak

Solomon Kotei, General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, spoke to JOY BUSINESS.  He said, “Most of the manufacturing companies and hospitality industries, in fact the overheads are becoming astronomical. The indications that we are getting almost every day is becoming disturbing,” he said.

This, according to him,  has affected production levels of many companies. However, he said his office would be meeting management of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company to see how best the situation can be saved.