Government policies have reduce how difficult things would have been – Richard Asante Yeboah

The Deputy Communication Director of the governing New Patriotic Party, Mr Richard Asante Yeboah has said but for some of government policies, life will even be worse for Ghanaians than it is currently.

Speaking on TheKeyPoint on TV3 monitored by GhanaPlus.com on Saturday, July 9, he said government programmes such as the free SHS has reduce the difficulties to some extent.

“Government has always been prepared to address some of these matters, because I see that even some of the government policies have turn out to reduce how difficult things will have been for the country or even our public sector or our teachers or all these people we are talking about,” Mr Asante Yeboah said. 

“Because you know that if even under this circumstances …assuming there was no policy like pupils’ school fees being paid as a result of the free education, imaging picking whatever salary you are taking right now and going ahead to pay the school fees of your kids and that of maybe other relatives or individuals, it will have a telling effect on you” he explained.

 Mr Asante Yeboah made the comment when contributing to discussions on the labour agitations in the country.

Students will suffer: Return to the classroom – Asante Yeboah tells striking teachers

He explained, the difficulties globally, notwithstanding, government is doing its best to address all the challenges confronting the country and urged the teachers to return to the classroom while negotiations continues.

The NPP politician also urged them to go into the negotiations with opened mind since students who are the future of the country are the most affected.

 “…So some of us believe that as the discussions have started let us all come with open mind and also understand that it is our country because if teachers are on strike who suffers ?. It is the students who are preparing for the exams who will suffer,” Mr Asante Yeboah said.

Pre- Tertiary Teachers strike over COLA

Pre-Tertiary teacher unions in Ghana on Monday July 4, began an indefinite strike nationwide over demands for a cost of living allowance(COLA) in the face of rising cost of living in the country.

The unions include Association of Teachers, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union.

Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association have also served notice to embark on a strike in solidarity with the teachers’ demand for the cost of living allowance.

Source: GhanaPlus.com