A Former Minister of Employment, Austin Gamey has downplayed the effect of the Organized Labour\u2019s demonstration.<\/p>\n
He said it is impossible for the government to immediately reverse the country\u2019s current economic challenges just because workers have demonstrated nationwide.<\/p>\n
Workers across the country embarked on a demonstration on Thursday to pressurize government to take immediate steps to solve the socio-economic problems in the country.<\/p>\n
Days before the demonstration, government met with the leadership of Organized Labour to\u00a0convince them\u00a0not to embark on the \u00a0protest but Organized Labour insisted on carrying out the demonstration.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of workers\u00a0left their jobs and turned out for the protest in all regional capitals.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, Mr. Gamey who is also a labour consultant counseled Organized Labour to focus on improving productivity which will bring the prosperity they so desire.<\/p>\n According to him, when such demonstrations are staged, \u201cthe engagement at the national level should be intensive.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Gamey advised Organized Labour to find how public sector workers can be \u201cproductive because we are not productive enough. This may go a long way to raise the status of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n He called on aggrieved Ghanaians not to consider demonstrations as the quick solution to concerns but rather engage in dialogue with government.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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