The Only Way To Stop Ghana Labour Agitations Is To Amend 1992 Constitution Which Favor Politicians

Following the ongoing teachers strike and various labour agitations demanding for COLA, the article below seeks to suggest the better way through.

The only thing that will solve the problem for every Ghanaian worker is for all workers, TUC, organised labour and other Labour unions should go on strike to demand immediate amendment of the 1992 constitution.

The amendment should expunge article 71 which favour only the political class, abolish ex gratia, prevent the president from appointing IGP, AG, AUDITOR GENERAL, EOCO BOSS, EC boss, CJ, etc, prevent the President from appointing MPs as Ministers.

Put all public sector workers the politicians on the same pay structure such that if increments in salaries is 10%, all and everyone is given the 10% not when the politicians are given 70% whilst other workers are given 4%.

The only way this our constitution will be amended by the same politicians that it benefits is when, all Labour unions, (NAT, NAGRAT, TEWU, CLOSSAG, CCTU, UTAG, Nurses, Doctors, Pharmacists,etc) COLABORATE with CSOs ( Civil Society organisations) to embark on a serious STRIKE and Demonstrations .

If nothing like above happens, No politician in GOVERNMENT or POWER will willingly amend the Constitution to benefit all citizens to eradicate the unfairness among the salaries of Public sector workers politicians. 

You may ask how would such new salary structure be made to reduce drastically the unfairness? This is my opinion, 

It should be based on academic qualifications such that all SSSCE certificates holders, diploma holders, degree holders, master’s holders, PhD holders, Profs, whereever they found themselves in public sector whether in Parliament as an Mp, minister, or in classroom, in police service, in army, nurses etc, will be paid the same BASIC salary as far as, they’re having the same academic qualifications. 

For a Example, a nurse who’s a degree holder will take the SAME Basic pay as an MP who’s also a degree holder, but the nurse will be entitled to “Night allowance ” which the Mp won’t be entitled to and vice versa, the Mp may also be entitled to an allowance that the nurse won’t take.

In my opinion, the above is the only way to Prevent these labour agitations and also make the system fair for us all.

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