On Wednesday, irate teenagers in Bibiani, Western North Region, surrounded Mensin Gold Limited's offices and demanded that officials hire them right away.
The host of the Omanbapa morning programme, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, was informed by Connect FM's Western North correspondent, Kwamena Fynn, that the protesting youngsters have given the firm one week to start hiring them or they would continue to demonstrate.
Kofi Agbado, the demonstration's organiser, claims that because of how the company's operations have damaged their living conditions, many of the locals are now jobless.
"The business was shut down for more than 10 years. Our traditional leaders continued to pray for them, and today the business is back up and running. Here, the majority of the young are unemployed.
They pledged to give us a quota once they started doing business, but instead, as Kofi Agbado pointed out, they have hired individuals from outside our community, which is not acceptable.
Kwame Asamoah, an assemblyman from the region, expressed dismay with the company's stance.
He claims that despite their agreement to have a certain amount of local employees as part of the local content strategy, the corporation has not lived up to its end of the bargain.
"We are all in agreement that the corporation should hire some people of our community, but all attempts have been in vain. We are unable to comply with the company's refusal to comply with the local content legislation.
Emmanuel Aidoo, Mensin Gold Bibiani Limited's sustainability manager, spoke with the irate youngsters and assured them that he would convey their requests to management.
Our superiors, who are located abroad, have instructed us to wait for their reaction after we spoke with them. To ensure that the youth's demands will be met, we are working nonstop. We are simply begging them to give us some time," he continued.
Youth leader Agbado responded by saying that if the corporation doesn't agree to their requests by Monday, they'll keep demonstrating.
We want them to know that we were disappointed in what they told us. We're awaiting word from their managers, and if they don't respond by Monday, we'll keep working.