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 also organised a press conference warning the John Mahama government over the appointment of one Samuel Adom Botchway to the Births & Deaths Registrar.
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.
Meanwhile, Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu some days ago indicated that the government has agreed to CLOGSAG’s demands to reassign Samuel Adom Botchway from the Births and Deaths Registry.
Kwakye Ofosu in a statement noted that the precedent set by the previous government in appointing a non-civil servant to the position remains an issue before the courts.
See the statement below:
