Drop new NLC boss – ICU

Leadership of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is opposing the appointment of a new Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC). The confusion on the labour front follows the appointment of a former MP for Kade Ofosu Asamoah. The Unions say due processes were not followed during the appointment.

Speaking on Morning Starr, the General Secretary of the ICU, Mr. Solomon Kotei said “the letter that was brought to us, we didn’t see any emphatic statement from the president making that appointment.”

“Ever since the labour commission was established, the very first Executive Secretary came through the Public Service Commission,” he added. He stressed, “the current Executive Secretary Charles Adongo Bawa Duah had to go through interview at the Public Service Commission and he was appointed over a year now.”

According to him, this particular appointment coming from the Presidency without going through the Public Sector Commission, is wrong, especially where the appointee is a politician.

He noted, “we all know the decisions of the Commission, we need not to have people with party colours and these are the concerns we are raising.” “We are organizing ourselves this morning and tomorrow, to get over to the appointing authority and then raise our concerns and see how they will resolve the matter,” Kotei added.

On his part, the General Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Mr. Abraham Koomson, disassociated themselves from the concerns raised by the ICU.

Mr koomson said “I will advise, we have a lot of issues to deal with as far as workers job security is concerned.” “The industries are collapsing, we are trying to do everything possible to stop it, and we have not gotten any positive result,” Koomson opined.