Convert National Cathedral project into hospital – TUC to govt
The National Cathedral project should be turned into a national hospital, according to the Trades Union Congress.
The transformation of the cathedral project into a hospital will better serve Ghanaians’ needs, according to TUC Secretary-General Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah, who was speaking during the 2023 May Day parade in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.
The TUC also urged the government to get involved in efforts to raise money, but it cautioned against overusing regressive levies that would hurt small firms in the area.
The President was also persuaded by organized labor to scale back the size of government because Ghana was facing serious economic difficulties.
The subject of the 2023 May Day parade is “Protecting Incomes and Pensions in an Era of Economic Crisis: Our Responsibility.”
“The president has consistently said that he wants to build a second Notre Dame in Ghana so that we can draw lots of tourists, but we disagree. The project should actually be turned into a national hospital, Dr. Yaw Baah stated, adding, “Mr. President, you can also shrink the size of your government. Ministers and deputy ministers are overrepresented in Ghana.
In the meantime, Edith Abla Amenuvor Afenu, the Volta and Oti Regional Secretary of the Trade Union Congress, asserts that she does not think the current economic crisis is a result of international problems like COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian War.
She claims that the global financial crisis has made the government’s mishandling of the public purse apparent and that the IMF bailout that the government is requesting will not solve our economic problems but instead place an even greater burden on the typical Ghanaian worker.