Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged President John Dramani Mahama to uphold his own promise to Ghanaians to be president for all, by reversing the recent mass dismissals of “legitimately employed” Ghanaians from the public sector.
The new administration, through a directive by the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has ordered the revocation with immediate effect, of employments by the previous government in its final days in office.
The development has attracted widespread criticism and the former Vice President has added his voice, calling on President Mahama to protect those affected by halting the mass dismissals.
Writing on his Facebook page on Wednesday night, Dr. Bawumia said, he had made a personal vow to allow the new government time to settle down and continue with the development of the country, but he could not watch without commenting, when the rights of Ghanaians, who have been employed to serve the country, were being trampled upon.
“To look away whilst these ills persist is to abandon my responsibility to remind President Mahama and his government of the overriding duty to live by the democratic tenets envisioned in the 1992 Constitution and do justice and “right to all manner of persons,’ Dr. Bawumia said.
Dr. Bawumia said, since assuming office, the government of President Mahama “has pursued a series of actions targeting Ghanaians who were legitimately employed during the previous administration. It is ironic that a party which campaigned on the wings of jobs for all Ghanaians is arbitrarily dismissing the same Ghanaians, rendering them jobless, just because a different government employed them to put their talents to bear on the nation’s development and earn income to cater for themselves and their families,”
“The least a party that campaigned on jobs could do under conditions of unemployment is to also innovate and create jobs, rather than dismiss people,” he added.
Dr. Bawumia, while calling for the protection and advancement of Ghana’s democracy, also urged President Mahama to protect all citizens by reversing the unfair dismissals.
“I call on His Excellency President Mahama to be a President for all Ghanaians by putting a stop to these developments, reversing the unfair dismissals, and protecting all our citizens.”
“We must advance our democracy. We must protect our state institutions. We must uphold our Constitution. Ghana can do better. Ghana must do better!”
Dr. Bawumia also expressed concerns over the spread of violent attacks on individuals and state institutions across the country by organised thugs.
Below is the full statement by Dr. Bawumia:
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