"Mr Okley is one of the most hardworking, result-driven and fair-minded Managing Director to have come to BOST and we the Unionized Staff are fully behind him.

"It takes a rare breed of individual in Ghana to decide to work with people based on their competence and integrity; and not on one's political affiliation," the BOST Unions stated in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday.

The BOST Union statement was signed jointly by Mr Abdul Rahman, Senior Staff Chairman; Mr Ekow Sey, Senior Staff Secretary; Mr Louis Doe Anku, Local Union Chairman; and Mr Peter Akoma Agyarko, Local Union Secretary was necessitated by unsubstantiated attack on BOST management and MD.

According to the unions, "any right-thinking person who has the corporate interest of BOST at heart should applaud Mr. Okley's exemplary leadership and not condemn him".

"We, Unionised Staff of BOST categorically distance ourselves from the obvious political orchestrated petitions and statements and also urge Ghanaians to equally treat same with the contempt it deserves," the statement stated.

According to the BOST Union, Mr. Okley has done his best since he took over as Managing Director. "We believe his achievements deserve mention rather than this desperate attempt by these faceless individuals to tarnish his image".

The BOST Unions cited among others as the achievement of the MD, which included securing funding and technical partners to upgrade BOST depots, restoring integrity in operations at all BOST depots.

The Unions asserted that Mr Okley has established a better and clearer relationship with the Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs), which has giving the company a competitive edge over competitors.

The MD is strategically, leading BOST in negotiating the purchase of a Depot in the Western Region with a Ghanaian Bank to free some private interests and to have some presence in that part of the country.

The statement said the acquisition of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Depot would serve as a foundation to the petroleum plans in the Western Region.

"we are also planning on building a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) network to support the delivery of government's cylinder Recirculation Model.

"The MD has successfully renegotiated and is at the stage of shipping into the country pipelines to refurbish the existing degraded pipeline between Accra plains depot and our transit depot in Akosombo.

"The contract has been awarded and the project will start within the next couple of weeks. This is a milestone in the history of the company because these pipelines were locked up in Houston, USA for the past ten years and no previous BOST MD was able to do what he has done within his short stay in office".

According to the Union, under the current MD, BOST seeks to forge strong alliances and build confidence with the Banking and investment community; "the good news is that we are well on course to achieve this milestone as well with excellent financial practices and compliance with regulations".

The statement urged Ghanaians, the government and workers at BOST to ignore the 'rumour mongers' in order to give the hardworking MD the peace of mind to carry out the policy that he has initiated. This will serve BOST and Ghana greatly in the long run.