BOHOBIO WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 2014 PANEL 1.NANA YAW OSEI LEGAL PRACTITIONER 2.BEN DARLINTON MEMBER NDC COM TEAM ASH 3. SOLOMON OPPONG TWUMASI LEGAL PRACTITIONER TEXT LINE 0265170336 TOPICS 1.Organised labour to strike on Thursday *We are ready for Organised Labour demo – Police 2. Recover GYEEDA, SUBAH Funds To Save Economy - IEA Tells Gov’t Organised labour to strike on Thursday Mr Kofi Asamoah, General Secretary, Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Tuesday said organised labour would demonstrate against the worsening economic situations in the country on Thursday as announced.According to him, although the government had pleaded for the TUC to rescind the decision to hit the streets of Accra and all the Regional capitals because it coincides with the commemoration of the second anniversary of the Late President John Atta Mills, “the demo will go on”.Addressing a news conference organised by the Tema District Council of Labour in Tema, he said organised labour per constitutional requirement have obtained permit from Ghana Police Service and expressed optimism that the Police would provide security for the demonstrators.He advised workers to ensure that the exercise is peaceful to carry the real import of the predicament facing the Ghanaian worker and how they should be handled. He said demonstrators would call for the revamping of the railway sector, Tema Oil Refinery, measures to address the rising cost of living and the depreciation of the Cedi and other pressing national issues.He called for efficient production and distribution of electricity and water to assure that citizens do not pay for the inefficiencies of utility companies. Mr Asamoah asked the Pensions Regulatory Authority to address the challenges in the implementation of the new pension scheme.He called on government to address the widespread corruption that has reached unprecedented levels the history of Ghana. We are ready for Organised Labour demo – Police Below is the statement from the Police The Ghana Police Service has finalizes arrangements to police the Organised Labour’s demonstrations scheduled for tomorrow Thursday 24th July, 2014.The Police wish to assure the public that the necessary preparation, within the constraints earlier communicated, have been made to ensure law and order, for the citizenry to go about their daily economic and social activities without let or hindrance.We would like to appeal to the organizers of the demonstrations to manage and control their membership to ensure the evnts are conducted in a peaceful manner, in conformity with the Public Order Act 491/94.Once again, we wish to remind the public that they can reach the Police on the emergency numbers below with pieces of information that will help to ensure peaceful events. Recover GYEEDA, SUBAH Funds To Save Economy - IEA Tells Gov’t The Institute of Economic Affairs is predicting that donor partners are not likely to support Ghanas budget due to the financial indiscipline in the country.Grants are likely to experience shortfalls, who want to give you his money to pay single spine or subsidies, a senior Economist with the Institute of Economic Affairs, Dr John Kwakye said at a press conference, Tuesday.He said until steps are taken to recover funds misappropriated through the implementation of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA), SUBAH and SADA, as well as dubious settlement claims debts paid to people, the economy will continue to be challenged and the cedi will continue to depreciate.Dr John Kwakye was addressing journalists on the mid-year review policies announced by the Finance Minister last week. Finance Minister Seth Terkper appeared before Parliament, Wednesday, seeking the blessing of the House to spend over ¢3 billion in the supplementary budget.He also chronicled a number of challenges, including continued depreciation of the cedi and rising inflation as some of the issues he said had dire consequences on the economy. The IEA beliefs most of the challenges would continue to prevail if stringent steps are not taken to arrest the situation.Dr Kwakye is convinced government as well as the public sector are over-bloated and need to be downsized in order to free up more revenue for development. He also pointed out that the fundamentals of Ghanas economy have not changed and it does not look like the steps being taken by the managers of the economy would achieve any result if the status quo remained.non-cosmetic fiscal policies are needed to be implemented to change the economic situation. HOST SAMPSON K NYAMEKYE
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:55:56 +0000
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