Checks have revealed that Glo Ghana has closed down some major Gloworld Shops in the country and is due to close down some more as workers get nervous over possible loss of jobs.
The company’s sales points at Dansoman in Accra and at Adum in Kumasi have not been opened to the public for some time now.
The company is reportedly gearing up to close shops in Madina, Lapaz and Mallam Junction all in Accra, and the Ho shop in the Volta Region.
An official of Glo admitted on grounds of anonymity the impending mass closure “is true.”
Meanwhile, some technical staff of the company, who spoke in interview revealed they are looking for new jobs and alleged that Glo started decommissioning some towers in parts of the country ahead of the closure of shops.
The National Communications Authority’s latest Quality of Service report shows that Glo has no coverage in five out of nine areas measured in the Eastern region.
Insiders allege that the Globacom Group headquarters in Nigeria is losing confidence in the Ghana operations because they are not meeting sales targets.
When the current Glo Ghana Head of Business, Hakeem Kazeem took over two years ago, he promised to take Glo Ghana to number two in terms of subscriber base.
At the time Glo had over 1.62 million customers and commanded some 7% market share. Salesman Kareem said he was going to use sales and marketing strategies as well as network improvement to achieve that ambitious target.
Two years on, and Glo under Kazeem, has rather lost customers and market share.
Its current subscriber base is 1.45 million and its market share is down to 4.47%, which shows that it is clearly losing grip.
Source: myjoyonline