Thirty-five organized labor unions and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have declared that they will stage a protest on February 13.
This comes after the government rejected their request to remove the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) that was applied to electricity.
The TUC and thirty-five other labor unions feel that this new VAT will make their flight worse because they are overworked. At a pivotal meeting on Friday, February 2, National Secretary of TUC Dr. Yaw Baah, using colloquial language, stated, “The VAT that the government has imposed that electricity on consumers.” We anticipated being paid.
“Since we committed not to pay, we granted the government until January 31 to make the necessary adjustments.
We said that we would decide what to do if they didn’t change. We now intend to stage protests in every regional capital on February 13th.”
“Ghana laborers, both official and unofficial, in the public and commercial sectors, have decided to stage protests in every regional capital. From Bolgatanga to Accra.
Dr. Baah warned that they would start a protest on Tuesday if the government did not back down from its decision to impose a 15% tax on electricity or invite them to the negotiating table.
“The government should withdraw the letter if they do not want us to start the demonstration. If Tuesday, February 13, comes and we don’t hear from them, we will protest.
“We are demonstrating to the government that we will not be paying the value-added tax.” We claim ownership of the nation and refuse to pay VAT, he continued. To show their disapproval, all union members will wear red starting on Monday, February 5.
