Today hounds have established that President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) are panicking as organised labour stage a massive nationwide demonstration against the worsening economic situations in the country today.
Plausible sources hinted Today that President Mahama and some top officials of the NDC were caught in a serious dilemma as to how they should prepare themselves in response to the issues that organised labour would raise.
The sources, close to the Presidency and the NDC, told Today that officials of the NDC held a crunch meeting yesterday after instructions from �above� to prepare to counter messages of the demonstrators.
At a press conference, the Secretary-General of Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr. Kofi Asamoah, said although government had pleaded with the TUC to rescind their decision to hit the streets of Accra and all the regional capitals because it coincides with the commemoration of the second anniversary of the late President John Evans Atta Mills, �the demo will come off.�
He said organised labour, per constitutional requirement, have obtained a permit from the Ghana Police Service and expressed optimism that the police would provide adequate security for the demonstrators.
He advised workers to ensure that the exercise is peaceful to carry the real import of the predicament facing the Ghanaian worker and how they should be handled.
He said demonstrators would call for the revamping of the railway sector, Tema Oil Refinery, measures to address the rising cost of living and the depreciation of the cedi and other pressing national issues.
He also called for an efficient production and distribution of electricity and water to ensure that citizens do not pay for the inefficiencies of utility companies.
Mr. Asamoah asked the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to address challenges in the implementation of the new pension scheme.
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