The Toll Workers of Ghana on July 5 petitioned Parliament and appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to pay members their six months salary arrears and restore them to their previous jobs.
The association said returning to work would restore the fundamental human right of members to decent work, enable them to live in dignity and also generate income for the state.
“It is our prayer that our supplication for job protection will find favour with you within the shortest possible time,” the Secretary of the association, Edward Duncan, stated when he presented their petition after their march.
The petition was received on behalf of the Speaker by the First Deputy Majority Whip, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, and the First Deputy Minority Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim.
The members of the association were joined by their executive, including its Chairman, Henry Dogbe; the First Vice Chairman, Richard Amati; the Second Vice Chairman, Mariam Kareem, and the Assistant Secretary, Nurata Jibreel.
They had marched peacefully to Parliament carrying placards, some of which read “My job, my life”, “Toll collection is not the cause of traffic”, “Pay us our arrears” and “Fulfil your promise to us Hon. Amoako-Atta.”
