Richard Quarshigah, a former Propaganda Secretary for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Member of Parliament for Keta has insisted that, to him, the current strikes in the labour front, are becoming \u201cdestructive.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, such actions put undue pressure on government\u00a0and may force subsequent borrowing \u201cwhich we all want to avoid as a country because it is not helping us.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”PTKGT3YYW02JLwaRMY5dbRaMaudlvQPt”]Doctors have\u00a0laid down their tools<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>to demand the provision of a document stating their conditions of service while the Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) have also joined a similar cause over what they say are discrepancies on their placement on the Single Spine Salary Structure.<\/p>\n Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong> on Friday, the Keta MP, Richard Quarshigah said \u201cIf the doctors genuinely have a certain demand, we think we should meet those demands but again let\u2019s ask ourselves the question;\u00a0 the kind of demands that are being made are they really very justifiable, looking at our economy? Looking at the revenue that we generate and looking at other salary structures in the country as compared to what doctors take.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIs it very rational to make such demands at this time? Is it intended to put undue pressure on government because if such demands are met, other groups will also come in making demands and it will continue to pressure government to look for money elsewhere and this obviously will translate into borrowing which we want to avoid as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut again, this whole thing of strike business to me is becoming destructive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The University Teachers<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>are also on strike over the delay in the payment of their book and research allowances.<\/p>\n President Mahama has said he will not succumb to pressures<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>from the labour front to pay wages or allowances that have not been captured in the budget.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Kwabena Adusei Poku has said their strike is to agitate for their conditions of service to be captured in 2016 budget<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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