One of Ghana\u2019s many opposition parties, the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), has challenged the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to set its priorities right, by pressuring government to stabilize the Ghanaian cedi, instead of annual demands for pay increases.<\/p>\n
In a statement released on the occasion of the May Day celebration, Kofi Asamoah\u2013Siaw, secretary to the PPP said: \u201cThe labor front is troubled with many agitations over salary adjustments and untoward hardships that are certainly not the making of the Ghanaian worker; but due to bad governance and its attendant draconian economic policies. The effects of these policies have dire consequences on Ghanaian workers most of whom are parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kofi Asamoah\u2013Siaw later spoke to Citi FM<\/strong> and said constant TUC demands for daily minimum wage increases will always be unproductive in an environment of high inflation, corruption and widespread mismanagement of the nation\u2019s abundant natural resources.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of asking for minimum wage, they [TUC] should be asking for an end to corruption and people not managing our economies well, to the extent that our cedi is devaluing every single day,\u201d Mr. Asamoah\u2013Siaw said. \u201cThese are the things we want the TUC to consider when celebrating May Day.\u201d<\/p>\n The PPP National Secretary added, \u201cMany great inventions had been [achieved] out of anger; not the type of anger that calls for disorder and disturbances, but an anger that should set you seething for absolute change and transformation on the political front.\u201d<\/p>\n Kofi Asamoah-Siaw congratulated all Ghanaian workers on the occasion of the May Day, saying \u201cwe celebrate and admire your resilience; we say Ayekoo to you gallant workers of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n Every year, 1st May is celebrated in many countries, including Ghana, as an international day honouring workers.<\/p>\n On Thursday, thousands of Ghanaian workers gathered at the Independence Square in Accra, to mark the 2014 National May Day under the theme \u201cGhana\u2019s economy: A concern for all.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking at the function, Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, Kofi Asamoah asked President John Dramani Mahama to put a lot more effort in fixing the West Africa nation\u2019s economy rather than just rely on International Monetary Fund polices and a neo-liberal market regime as the anchor of Ghana\u2019s economic governance.<\/p>\n He said the Mahama government has returned to what he called the \u201ccomfort zone\u201d of IMF policies.<\/p>\n Addressing the same ceremony, President Mahama said the national economy is recovering and that a great future awaits citizens.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year is a turn-around year for Ghana and I am positive that the Ghanaian economy will show strong signs of recovery by the end of this fiscal year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The President said measures introduced by his government to arrest the nation\u2019s economic decline have so far produced positive results. \u201cI assure you my countrymen and women that these measures are achieving the desired effect and the economy is gradually responding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are committed to plugging loopholes in our revenue systems and will carry out the reforms in our revenue administration to ensure sustainable economic growth,\u201d he added. \u201cIn the next few will initiate a massive payroll audit with the view to eliminating the pervasive ghost names and ensuring that these ghosts die a permanent death and resurrect no more.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Afiba Anyanzua Anyanzu\/citifmonline.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of Ghana\u2019s many opposition parties, the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), has challenged the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to set its priorities right, by pressuring government to stabilize the Ghanaian cedi, instead of annual demands for pay increases. 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