The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declined the Ministry of Labour, Jobs, and Employment’s request to end its ongoing strike
The strike, officially declared on Thursday, February 20, is a response to CLOGSAG’s opposition to Samuel Adom Botchwey’s continued tenure as Registrar of the Births and Deaths Registry.
During a press conference in Accra on Saturday, February 22, CLOGSAG’s Executive Secretary, Isaac Bampoe Addo, stated that the Ministry’s request lacks merit and violates the association’s statutes, which prohibit politically exposed persons from holding key positions within civil service institutions.
“After deliberating on the request to call off the strike, the national executive council was unanimous on the following: that the strike should continue and that the request by the Honourable Minister for Labour, Jobs, and Employment lacks a roadmap for the resolution of the matter.
“And that as long as all politically exposed persons within the Civil Service and Local Government Services are sanctioned and unilaterally have their appointments terminated, it would not be fair for politically exposed persons to be appointed into the Civil Service and the Local Government Service.”
