General Secretary of the Federation of Labour, Abraham Koomson, has accused organised labour of failing to act to stop the sale of the hotels belonging to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).
Mr Koomson says the effort of the lawmaker for North Tongu to get the sale halted is a welcome move.
“Organised Labour lost the battle; that’s why the intervention of the MPs was critical,” he said on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Monday, June 17.
Mr Ablakwa had said he wants President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to halt the sale of the hotels, hence the Hands Off Our Hotels Demonstration’ today, Tuesday, June 18.
Mr Ablakwa told the media on Monday, June 17, that “President Akufo-Addo must immediately stop the sale of our SSNIT hotels.
“We want an immediate declaration from the president because since we started, all he has done is tell Organised Labour to go and meet the Employment Minister at which meeting Organised Labour told us that they tried to convince them to allow the sale, so clearly, the president and his appointees don’t want to stop the sale, and we are going to insist that they back out.”
The Minority in Parliament has thrown its support behind the demonstration. The Minority in a statement, also urged the public to join the demonstration.
“We, therefore, want to use this opportunity to indicate the Minority’s strong opposition to the sale of these hotels to the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Bryan Acheampong, and urge the public to join Tuesday’s “Hands Off Our Hotels Demonstration” to send a strong signal to the government that the people of Ghana take exception to this shady deal. Enough is enough!
“The attempt to sell off profitable state-owned hotels to Hon. Bryan Acheampong is wrong, unacceptable and must not be condoned,’ their statement said.