Felix Kwakye Ofosu the Minister of State for Government Communications, has told the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) that President John Dramani Mahama acted correctly in the appointment of Samuel Adom Botchway as the Registrar of the Births and Deaths Registry.
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, they are appealing to CLOGSAG to rescind their decision to go on strike.
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has boldly stated their nationwide strike is on.
According to CLOGSAG, Samuel Adom Botchway a politically exposed person is still at post despite reports suggesting John Mahama had bowed to pressure to reassign him.
CLOGSAG in an earlier letter issued declared a nationwide strike after the Mahama administration failed to heed their warning of changing politically exposed Samuel Adom Botchway.
They noted that Samuel Adom Botchway is a known NDC activist I cannot be appointed due to a Supreme Court ruling on neutrality.
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has called on its members to stay home starting from Thursday 20th February.
However, there were reports that the newly appointed Registrar of Births & Deaths Registry, Samuel Adom Botchway, is to be reassigned following CLOGSAG’s announcement of a strike.
John Mahama’s government has also pledged to be a listening administration.
They planned to strike in protest against the continued tenure of Samuel Adom Botchway at the Births and Deaths Registry, despite the Mahama’s government pledges that he would be removed from office.
CLOGSAG noted that Samuel Adom Botchway, took part in the office’s budget hearing at the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs on Monday, February 17, 2025.
CLOGSAG in another statement issued yesterday signed by Executive Secretary Isaac Bampoe Addo reaffirmed that the strike will proceed as scheduled unless their concerns are addressed.
In a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, February 19, Feliz Kwakye stated, “We believe that the president has acted correctly in the appointment of Mr. Adom Botchway, so we would appeal to CLOGSAG to rescind their decision to go on strike,”
“A strike action, we appreciate. It is one of the mechanisms they can use to drive home their demands… But in this particular instance, we do not believe that an efficient basis exists to go on strike because it will be unfair to the people of Ghana who pay the wages of all public officers, including members of CLOGSAG”, he added.
