Professor Ransford Gyampo while speaking during a recent interview revealed that, he doesn’t understand why common ministers feel too pompous and too big to attend discussions.
“In his Words”
“Even common Ministers during negotiations, they feel too pompous and too big to attend discussions, so they send people who do not have mandates, so you will be talking talking talking, you will talk for two hours and then a minister will step up and say, let me go and confirm, let me go and get clearance from my substantive minister and then they will delay the process and all that. Some feel too big,
too pompous to show respect and courtesy to labour, but yesterday I was told that the finance minister himself was there you know, and you will not get the previous finance minister showing up, I mean who are you? Labour union, you are teachers, you don’t have anything, but we sent you, we voted for you”.
“You see, the Labour Unions, they are human beings, sometimes it takes just respect, courtesy being extended and shown to them, to calm them down you know and so I am happy about what has happened and as I said, all these contributes to the kind of peaceful atmosphere that we have now. And I want to respectfully urge President John Dramani Mahama and his appointees, and all members
of the government that as you appeal to Labour to accept that increment in the base pay of just 10 percent, let all demonstrate modesty, let all show that times are hard and so we would all have to tighten our belt, we can not accept it when you are saying that times are hard, and so we should tighten our belt but you are eating and sleeping comfortably”, Professor Ransford Gyampo said.
TV3 Ghana shared the video on their official instagram page today being Saturday the 22nd day of February, 2025 and it stirred massive reactions from the general public. Click on the link below to watch the video.
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