Day: January 9, 2024

Mr Abraham Koomson, the Secretary General of the Ghana Federation of Labour, has charged labour unions to set standards in a bid to help eliminate the abuse of their members in the working environment.

He said the abuse of workers and the lackadaisical behaviour of some employers towards the welfare of their staff were due to a lack of quality standards by Labour Unions and their leaders for their members.

Mr Koomson said this during a presentation at the Ghana News Agency’s Tema Regional Office’s platform for state and non-state as well as commercial and business operators to communicate with the world and contribute to national development.

Mr Koomson said, ‘In the world of work, you could be used as a dormant if you do not raise your standard of operation, hence the need for labour unions to be in the lead to be able to promote the welfare of their members.

‘If they know that you are not serious, they will use you. If you make yourself cheap, that is your own problem. So basically, it all depends on t
heir leaders; they must ensure that the welfare of their members is paramount, and no employer will play with it.’

Mr Koomson, who is also a unionist, cited an instance where his office used Section 9 of the Labour Act to react to a policy by the Controller-General to use only the Ghana Card to pay workers.

He added that it was an act that must be emulated by other labour unions and organisations, to always project the welfare of their members; ‘it was necessary for workers to market themselves to be able to catch up with the corporate world of work.’

Meanwhile, Mr Koomson has urged the government to lessen the economic strain that most Ghanaians face, particularly public sector workers who relied heavily on merger wages.

He claimed that over the years, Ghanaian workers had continued to use magical economic prowess to balance their monthly income and expenditure.

‘Ghanaian workers are experiencing a financial crisis that cannot be sustained this year; the government must intervene and alleviate the burde
n,’ he stated.

He stated that Ghana was on the verge of a big worker revolt, which might erupt sooner rather than later if economic suffering persists till the end of the first quarter of this year.

Mr Koomson called on the government to work with labour unions to avert the potential industrial unrest through proactive engagement, salary adjustments, and the payment of statutory benefits to workers.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Drivers plying the Ho-Adaklu Have road have complained about alleged harassment and extortion by an unidentified police officer on Ho market days.

They, therefore, appealed to the Ho Municipal Police Commander to call the said officer to order before they advised themselves.

The drivers, who made the appeal through the Ghana News Agency in Ho, stated that if the harassment and extortion continued, they would boycott the use of the road on Ho market days.

They said the officer ‘crosses’ the road as early as 0400 hours and leaves at 0530 hours.

The drivers said they could not see the service number or the officer’s name because he always wore a coat over the uniform.

Some traders, who spoke to the Ghana News Agency on condition of anonymity, corroborated what the drivers said.

A senior Police officer when contacted told the Ghana News Agency that the law did not mandate any Police officer to be on ‘road check’ alone.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Reverend Paul Kenneth Abbew, the Head Pastor of the Assemblies of God-Glory and Power Centre at Kweikuma, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis has called on Christians to aspire for a holy living in the new year.

He gave the advice during a communion service on the theme, ‘Believers, Resolution for a New Beginning,’ quoting from Isaiah 55:6-7, Genesis 1:1 and Psalms 24:1-10.

He said, it was a rule of engagement for any Christian to have resolutions as far as Christ was concerned… just as individuals, couples and organizations prepared and planned towards a target to guide their mode of conduct for success every year.

Reverend Abbew urged believers to seek God first in the year, adding that in the beginning of the scriptures, it was God who made possible the existence of all creation.

‘You cannot make God an option, he is the beginning and foundation for the success of all things, therefore the need to seek God first in all that you do as believers,’ he stated.

He advised believers to call on God while
He was still near, that He may be found, as God was never absent when called upon.

He said in planning the new year resolution for a new beginning, Christians ought to aspire for holiness in every aspect of their lives.

Rev. Abbew stressed on the need for Christians to maintain a life of righteousness.

‘Aspiring to be a holy man calls for an unquestionable righteous living to attract God’s blessings,’ he said.

He indicated that, how Christians relied on God was what determined the blessings that would be received and ncouragedaged the youth to desist from immoral acts that would lead to unrighteousness as they were precious and priceless to God.

The congregation begun the year by observing the last supper (Communion Service) as stated in the Bible to be done by Christians in remembrance of God.

Source: Ghana News Agency