The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has finally waded into the vexed subject of appointments termination ongoing in state institutions countrywide.
The Congress, whose mandate is to protect the interest of workers, should have been the first to shout at the President about the employment anomaly. Better late than never is a worthy dictum.
Although late in coming, the statement by the Secretary-General Joshua Ansah was poignant and unambiguous.
The TUC rightly observed in the action of the President, acting through the Chief of Staff, a “slide further down the partisan slippery hill.”
There could not have been a better description of the current partisan slide as captured by the TUC.
We have also observed the TUC’s reference to the partisanship which, according to it, both major political parties indulge in, especially in the early days of their assumption of political power.
The transition arrangements as captured in the constitution are intended to obviate such anomalies, yet we continue to endure such avoidable wrong steps when new governments assume power.
The level of the application of the bad governance practice varies in intensity of course.
As we compose this leader, information reaching us suggests that those who have lost their jobs are in thousands, not hundreds.
Why should this be the case at a time when unemployment remains a challenge?
It can only be imagined the mood in which the victims and their families are in following the government action.
The TUC can do something beyond a statement. After all, they played a major role in the galamsey roadshow façade.
We are not pushing for a galamsey-like demonstration but would rather the leadership of the Congress engages mano a mano with the President on the subject.
The reference to the downward slide on the partisan hill is instructive.
Such a slippery hill on which the government has begun an ascent should be halted forthwith and a new path in governance adopted for the betterment of the country.
This partisanship template is showing up in other facets of governance and should be taken up by the Council of State and the leaderships of the various faiths.
What is the use of governance if it is unable to instil in citizens, especially the youth, the spirit of patriotism?
Sadly, as the TUC noted, the affected youth will lose their sense of patriotism after this harsh endurance from the Father of the nation.
A good father does not discriminate among his children. Unfortunately, our national father, as it were, is exuding this attribute.
It is not too late, the action can be reversed and the accompanying amends effected for mitigating effect. We have come a long way as a country that such traits should no longer be seen in our governance practices.
The element of tit-for-tat which appears to be playing out between the two parties is a thing which should be eliminated once and for all.