The Government of Ghana has urged the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) to reconsider its decision to embark on strike action in protest of the recent appointment of Samuel Adom Botchway as the Registrar of the Births and Deaths Registry.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, spokesperson for President John Dramani Mahama and Minister of State for Government Communications, made the appeal during a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, February 19.
“We believe that the president has acted correctly in the appointment of Mr. Adom Botchway, so we would appeal to CLOGSAG to rescind their decision to go on strike,” Kwakye Ofosu said.
He acknowledged that strike actions are a legitimate means for workers to assert their demands but emphasized that, in this case, there was no sufficient justification for such an action.
“A strike action, we appreciate. It is one of the mechanisms they can use to drive home their demands, but in this particular instance, we do not believe that an efficient basis exists to go on strike,” he added.
Kwakye Ofosu stressed that a strike would be detrimental to the people of Ghana, particularly since public officers, including CLOGSAG members, are paid by the taxpayers.
“It will be unfair to the people of Ghana who pay the wages of all public officers,” he stated, urging CLOGSAG to reconsider its stance in the interest of national development.
