Angry workers are converging at Obra Spot in central Accra today, to protest the recent tariff hikes and tax increases.Pulse.com.gh reporters are at the protest, filling live updates.
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Organised Labour hits the streets today in protest
"Everything is on track, we have been able to clear with the police the routes. hosting Tema and Accra is clear, the various regions' feedback is that everything is set.”
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The protest is to register Organised Labour’s displeasure about government’s refusal to reduce the increase in taxes that have heightened the prices of petroleum products and the cost of utility tariffs.
Since December, water bills have increased by 67.2 percent and power by 59.2 percent.
Ahead of the protest, the Accra Regional Police Commander, COP Dr George Akuffo Dampare, cautioned police officers assigned to the demonstration to desist from any acts that may mar the exercise.
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General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei told Pulse.com.gh "everything is on track We have been able to clear with the police the routes. hosting Tema and Accra is clear the various regions feedback is that everything is set.”
He is hopeful the protest will be very peaceful.
The protesters will move from Obra spot through to Adabraka and then to the TUC, Tema station, Ministries and then to the Independence Square where a petition will be presented.
“This is not a strike , it is a demonstration we are not shutting down machines or offices” Kotei said
Yesterday, Organised Labour warned political parties whose intent is to capitalize on the demonstration to stay away from infiltrating the protest march, stating the demonstration was specifically for workers and not political parties.
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Organised Labour has also threatened to strike this week over the increases.
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