The National Cathedral Project has been proposed to be turned into a hospital by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
The TUC argued the cathedral project was not a needed investment and that it would better serve a purpose if it were turned into a hospital. The TUC suggested a number of initiatives that the government must take to help solve the present economic issues the country is experiencing.
The TUC Secretary-General, Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah, spoke yesterday at the annual national May Day parade in Bolgatanga, the capital of the Upper East Regional, and said: "We believe that government can lead us out of this crisis by cutting expenditure on non-essentials, including the need to stop spending our hard-earned money on a national cathedral. In fact, converting that will be preferable.
"The President has consistently said that he wants to build a second Notre Dame in Ghana so that we can draw plenty of tourists, but we disagree." It would actually be preferable, comrades, to turn the initiative into a national hospital, he emphasized.
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The 2023 May Day parade, which was held in Bolgatanga for the first time, had as its topic "Protecting Incomes and Pensions in an Era of Economic Crisis: Our Responsibility."
To celebrate this year's May Day, thousands of employees from roughly 31 organizations descended on the renovated Bolgatanga Jubilee Park. celebration with fanfare and vigor.
Workers from the various unions crowded the two stands around 7 a.m., neatly attired in polo T-shirts with the names of their unions.
with joy and enthusiasm clearly visible on their faces, at the park and beneath canopies.
Many of the local workers were especially pleased that the parade was held in the area for the first time because it gave them a chance to experience firsthand the May Day parade that is typically held in Accra.
President Akufo-Addo engaged in a spirited conversation with TUC Secretary-General Dr. Yaw Baah (right).
As many of them displayed their individual placards in front of them while seated to attract the attention of the media and trumpet their grievances for them, the mood on the grounds was filled with joy and delight.
Ignatius Baffour Awuah, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, was among the dignitaries present. Ambrose Dery, the interior minister; Dominic Nitiwul, the defence minister; Bright Wireko-Brobbey, the deputy labour minister; and Stephen Yakubu, the regional minister for the Upper East.
Additionally present were Patience Abayage, a former Upper East Regional Minister, a member of the Council of State, Ofosu Asamoah, the Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, and the Municipal and District Chief Executives from the 15 MDAs in the area.
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