Africa-Press – Ghana. Mr Morgan Ayawine, the General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, has supported the government’s 24-hour economy aimed at increasing productivity.
Mr Morgan said the policy would enhance the country’s economy through the provision of job opportunities to the Ghanaians and reduce the unemployment rate.
Mr Morgan said this at the Professional and Managerial Staff Union (PMSU) Co-ordinating Council Conference of ICU-Ghana in Accra.
The government, through President Mahama, launched the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme projected to cost approximately $4 billion, with the government committing $300 to $400 million as seed funding to attract private sector investment.
The initiative seeks to redefine the nation’s economic architecture by boosting productivity, creating jobs, and reducing reliance on imports.
“We are going to engage all our social partners, all the stakeholders, including the government, to ensure that the 24-hour economy works,” he said.
He expressed concern about unemployment, where most graduates were roaming the streets looking for job opportunities.
He said, “Education will be meaningless because how on earth do you expect me or expect Ghanaians to educate their children, and when they come back, they do not get jobs to do?”
He stressed that these unemployed graduates go outside the country to look for greener pastures and help those countries to develop their economy.
That, he explained, was counterproductive to the economic development of Ghana because their money was used to develop other countries.
Mr Morgan said it had become imperative for the Union to fulfil the constitutional requirement of organising regional, PMSU Co-ordinating Council, youth and women conferences, among other activities, in preparation for the 12th Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference Union slated from August 20-22, 2025.
He said the formation of the PMSU and membership of the Union had grown exponentially as a result of awareness of the working class, including senior staff and managers of various institutions, about their fundamental rights to freedom of association.
Mr Thomas Atiah, Acting Director, PMSU, said the conference created the opportunity to take stock of the developments in the Union with particular reference to the PMSU and plan towards the next quadrennial and reconstitute the Executive Committee of the PMSU Co-ordinating Council.
The conference saw the swearing-in of nine member reconstituted executive committee of the PMSU Co-ordinating Council.
They are Rev Christian Quainoo, vice chairman; Justin Ayaribisa, secretary; Mr Sampson Amoako, assistant secretary; Mr Samuel M.C. Abaidoo, 1st trustee; and Ms Evelyn Kwasi, 2nd trustee.
The rest are Mr Abbas Abdulai, Executive Member; Ms Scott Nkrumah, Women’s Representative; and Ms Barbara Agyekum Okyere, Youth Representative.
Mr Isaiah Narteh, Chairman, PMSU Co-ordinating Council’s Executive Committee, called for unity to push the Union higher.
He pledged to work together with all stakeholders to achieve more laurels in the future.
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