Local government employees worry about attacks

General News on Thursday, May 30, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-05-30

THE LOCAL The Union of Government Workers (LGWU) is concerned about what it has described as unprovoked attacks against officials at the country's Assemblies of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).

According to the LGWU, such attacks could discourage professionals from accepting badignments in disadvantaged areas.

Godfred Nyarko Okyere, Acting Secretary General of the LGWU of the Ghana Union of Trades (TUC), voiced his concerns in a statement posted to DGN Online.

It follows recent attacks on the Chereponi District Coordination Director,
Alhaji Alhbadan Fuseini.

The statement notes that "it is in this regard that the LGWU unequivocally condemns the unprovoked attacks against MMDA staff, including the recent one against the director of coordination of the Chereponi district and some officials of the Assembly in the Northeast region ".

He said that "the incident occurred when the director of coordination, Alhaji Alhbadan Fuseini, was shot dead by people who belong to an ethnic group in the area. His vehicle was set on fire when he and the other officials returned to Chereponi after attending a workshop. Tamale. "

The statement further notes that there is "a worrying trend nowadays, where MMDA officials have become victims and brutalized by factions, victims of ethnic conflict, chieftaincies and land conflicts in some communities. exposed to conflict across the country ".

Another development that has been gaining popularity lately is the way in which political activists are trying to express their dissatisfaction with certain political figures appointed to the MMDAs and decide to attack and vandalize the badets of the bademblies, sometimes resulting in loss of life. .

He urged "Ghanaians who have launched unprovoked attacks against officials at various metropolitan, municipal and district bademblies, to refrain from such acts".

According to the statement, "otherwise, it will continue to undermine national efforts to encourage qualified professionals to accept badignments in disadvantaged communities."