NPP Behind Doctors Strike?

Yet another intelligence gathered and published by

the Daily Post on the methods the NPP has decided to employ to oust the Mills

Administration from government is unfolding before the eyes of all Ghanaians.

In the Friday, September 24, 2010, issue of the

paper under the banner headline, HOW NPP

PLANS TO KICK NDC OUT OF POWER, the paper revealed how intelligence it had

gathered show the NPP was infiltrating identifiable organizations by getting

its fanatics elected into executives positions with the aim of getting them to

instigate strike actions or demonstrations against the government in order to

make it unpopular. Below are parts of the Daily Post’s publication on this

issue. Please read:

“Currently, intelligence picked up by the

Daily Post indicates that the NPP, as part of its plans to oust the NDC from

government intend to use the many identifiable organization in the country

against the ruling party.

“Their

modus operandi is going to be simple: get as many members or supporters of the

NPP into executive positions in the identifiable organizations who would adopt

uncompromising stance towards the Mills government when negotiating on labour

issue. After ensuring that the negotiation break down, they would lead their

unsuspecting members to embark on sit down strikes and demonstrations.

“The

strikes and demonstrations would not be aimed only at paralyzing the Mills

government but also portraying it as one that is not capable of taking care of

workers.

“The

media, which is largely pro-NPP will be at hand to ensure that news and

information regarding the strikes and demonstrations will not favor the Mills

government.

“Some

of the identifiable bodies which are targets of the NPP plan include the TUC,

NUGS, POTAG, GNUPS, Civil Servants Association, CLOSSAG, Maritime and Dook

workers Union and Guta.

“Others

are the Ghana Medical Association, GMA, the Ghana Registered Nurses

Association, GNAT and NAGRAT among many others.

“Already, the NPP has some of its

members in some of these associations. A notable example is the Civil Service

Council which has a Mr. Richard Bampoh Addo as a member. Bampoh Addo happens to

be the NPP’S polling station Chairman for the Kaneshie 1& 4 primary schools

in the Kaneshie-Awudome Electoral Area in Accra.

“His membership of the Civil Service

Council is a clear violation of the Civil Service Act which forbids Civil

Servants from engaging in party politics

So, alas,

the intel this paper gathered and published, and which was to alert the

government to enable it take pre-emptive measures has come to pass.

Juniour

nurses have been on strike for sometime now. They were joined by doctors the

Ghana Medical Association who have refused to yield to the voices of reason and

call off their strike.

Meanwhile,

teachers and pharmacists have given notice that they will embark on a strike

from next week if certain demands are not met.

Intelligence

Daily Post has gathered indicates that more strikes are in the offing and they

have political undertones.