Workers urged to force government to honour electoral
promises
Koforidua, June 10, Ghanadot/GNA -
The Committee for Democratic Movement (CDM), a pressure
group based in Koforidua, has called on workers to insist
that the government honours its campaign promises of
providing a better Ghana for all citizens of the country.
Speaking at a press conference in Koforidua on Tuesday Mr
Ibrahim Seidu, the spokesperson of the movement, said though
President John Atta Mills promised to sell petrol at
affordable prices to enable Ghanaians to live better, six
months into his administration the country had witnessed a
35 per cent cumulative increase in petroleum prices.
He said the increases had been done without a correspondent
increase in the salaries of civil and public servants,
making cost of living rising “every hour, minute and second
of the day” thus rendering workers worse off.
“We are urging civil servants, teachers and the entire
labour force of this country to stand up against the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) government and their
deceit.” Mr Seidu said.
He accused the government of being inconsistent with its
social democratic ideology by selling petrol at GHC 5 at the
time when world market price of crude oil had dropped to 70
US dollars.
Mr Seidu recalled that when the NDC was in opposition it
accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of being
insensitive to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian when it
sold petrol at the same price when the world market price
was at 147 dollars.
He condemned the recent celebration of the June 4
anniversary and called on former President Jerry John
Rawlings to stop pronouncing judgement on former Ministers
of State and calling for their trial and allow due process
of the law to take its course.
Mr Seidu questioned the Foreign and Regional Integration
Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni’s continuous staying in
office as after the Auditor General had indicted him and
called on the presidency to explain.
He described the establishment of a Presidential Commission
to investigate the Ghana at 50 celebrations as wasteful and
unnecessary since the issue was already being investigated
by the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI).
During question time Mr Frank Annor-Dompreh, a member of the
movement, said the group would use option available to it
including demonstrations to ensure that government respond
to their queries.
The chairman of the movement, Alhaji Umar Bodinga, who is
also First Vice Eastern Regional Chairman of the NPP, said
the movement had no political affiliation though members
could belong to some political parties.
He said the aim of the group was to contribute towards the
democratic development of the country.
GNA
