The Minority Caucus in Parliament has set a firm condition for its participation in the proposed National Economic Dialogue, demanding the reinstatement of thousands of young workers allegedly dismissed from public sector jobs.
According to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, the Minority’s participation hinges on the government reversing its decision to lay off these workers.
“We are happy to participate in the National Economic Dialogue if the administration will reinstate the thousands of young people that it has sacked from public sector jobs,” he declared while speaking on Citi FM on Thursday.
Oppong Nkrumah expressed his discontent with the government’s actions, stating: “You don’t get to sack young people from the jobs that they have been rightly employed to, and say that after you had sacked them, and you are home, you are inviting us to a national economic dialogue. Reinstate them, invite us to a national economic dialogue, and we will participate in it.”
The National Economic Dialogue, proposed by President John Dramani Mahama, aims to “evaluate Ghana’s economy and build consensus on key policies” that would drive necessary structural reforms and economic recovery.