And while he hasn't said what he thinks of the deal, as Minister of Labour, Musa is siding with the BTL retirees demanding their pension payments.
A recent CCJ judgement found that even though BTL had a pension scheme, they still needed to pay employees who've left the company their severance as well as pension.
It's a huge payout for BTL - more than 10 million dollars- for those they have agreed to pay - with another 130 former employees now making the same demand, the cost could go as high as 20 million.
But, Musa says, once the CCJ made the ruling, the board has to abide by it - especially since those workers' labours are the reason why the company can even consider acquiring Speednet. Here's how he put it.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Labor
"I do not know if that is the, decision of the board that they will not honor these claims. As the Minister of Labor, I think it's important for me to weigh in, and I hope I'm not doing so prematurely. But this is a matter that has been ventilated all the way to the CCJ. There is no other alternative. There's no other appeal process. And so, in my respectful opinion, if, these employees are qualified for severance based on this CCJ ruling, then by all means, man, you have to these people. Because how do you think you're in a position today to be buying out other companies, if it's not on the backs of these hardworking people from the company? And so if the CCJ has given that ruling, then in my respectful opinion, BTL has to pay them."
