Your Excellency Mr John Dramani Mahama, I wish to come out with my suggestions below here to support your government to continue the Free Education in Ghana.
From Primary to JHS, the government can bear the cost for School Fees and Books so that any child born in Ghana here will get the advantage in education and can be able to read and write after J.HS, the feeding must be exempted completely whether Day or Boarding because it is the responsibility of the parents to feed their child born on this earth.
Moreover, concerning the SHS the government should give free education to those who will get from aggregate one to 12, and their benefit must be on only School Fees and Books. The feeding must be the responsibility of their parents whether Day or Boarding. Therefore, the money which Government was using for Feeding in Primary, JHS and SHS that can be used as Loans to all interested women in the country just as President Kufuor’s time, because the more the money circulates in the system, the more the Economy becomes better in the country.
Base on this categorical arrangements, the private SHS and JHS which has been completely collapsed in the country will rise up immediately to improve job vacancies for the youth and particularly those who were doing their own private businesses with such institutions and were blocked by this free education process and can now also achieve their daily bread.
Mr President, at this juncture, concerning the WAEC examination fees which Ex-President Akufo-Addo took upon himself as the government’s responsibility, this must be ignored immediately because such attempt will definitely collapse WAEC.
Moreover, WAEC is an independent body in the country as well as West Africa. Just imagine the recent critical situation that President Akufo-Addo’s government put WAEC into, and it was about to affect the youth in the country who recently wrote the exam. Please has such inability payment of exam fees happened in this country before? Never at all, so the parents should bear the cost as we were paying before, which never brought any grievances in the country. Sir such wasted money should have been used to construct tarred roads in the country to benefit a lot. Please kindly note that it is only 20 per cent of the population in Ghana who have their wards in Primary, JHS and S.H.S, and how can the 80 per cent of the population also enjoy from the government.
In as much as possible, I will also draw your attention to withdraw the E-Levy and re-establish the toll booths in the country to get a sustainable income for the country.
As much as to my suggestion here, these toll booths which were actually helping people selling there to get their daily-bread across the country will be another means of creating jobs for the youth.
Finally, Mr President, I will hereby encourage you to find out any possible means to re-established all the banks that Ex-President Akufo-Addo collapsed in the country to improve more jobs for the youth in your regime, and also to reduce the cost of electricity bills in these newly installed meters. Preferably, the old meters were better than these new ones because the old ones will give you a signal to top up within some few days before it will switch off entirely, so if the type of the old ones can be replaced.
Hoping to hear favourable from you soon.
Faithfully yours
Okogyeaman Nana Kwame Asante
(Chief of the Fantes of Odau Traditional Area- Akyem Etwereso)
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Dear Sir,
THE Private Security Guard Association of Ghana is made up of employees of private security companies, who work hand in hand with national security agency to protect life and properties as well as maintain law and order in the country.
These security guards encounter similar challenges and risks as state security officers whilst discharging their duties. The Association is calling on government to help rebrand private security companies in the country by putting in place proper measures to regulate and monitor their operations.
The private security companies provide opportunities to work as a security guard, especially to the unemployed youth in the country which leads to a reduction in the rate of unemployment. Meanwhile, the employees of these companies are facing some challenges which have been going on for a long time now.
The Private Security Guard Association of Ghana LBG is a registered association under Companies Act 2019 (Act 992), the aim of the Association is to UNITE all private security guards across the country under one umbrella, to fight for a common goal and create enabling opportunities to all the guards in terms of their welfare. The Association is therefore taking steps to call for dialogue with Association of Private Security Organisation Ghana APSOG to resolve challenges such as the following:
(a) Delay in payment of salaries
(b) Scanty salaries
(c) Lack of annual salary increment
(d) Promotion of guards
(e) Providing Insurance Policy for the guards
(f) Subsidising the hospital bills of guards
(g) Equipping guards with necessary logistics whilst on duty.
The Association will also be taking steps to collaborate with our employers and government institutions to upgrade the guards on short security courses, regular security training seminars and daily security tips from security experts to keep them abreast with new trends in the field of security.
The Association will confidently stand on its feet and dialogue with our employers to resolve these challenges. Once we achieve this, the job will now become more attractive, as well as raise morale among the security guards in the discharge of their duties. In effect, security guards would be able to save, afford three square meals a day, pay rent, utility bills and afford to cater for other personal needs. More youths will also venture into security guard jobs, thereby reducing unemployment in the country.
The association is therefore encouraging all private security guards across the country to join the association without entertaining any fear or panic. The laws of Ghana do not prevent any individual from joining an association or union of his or her choice.
To resolve these challenges, the association is calling on government to intervene and help resolve the above mentioned challenges once and for all. The Association is therefore encouraging members to continue to work hard and remain calm regardless of the challenges whilst the association take its course. Members are also encouraged to remain united, focus on our agenda, speak one language as one people, think of our future and fight for our rights. Security is expensive therefore we as an association are appealing to our employers to be ready to pay attractive remunerations to their employees. Private security guards deserve better.
The association is therefore appealing to government institutions, NGOs, stakeholders, companies and individuals to support the association with logistics such as vehicles, motor bikes, office equipment and financial support to help us continue to deliver on our mandate.
Let us all join hands to transform our security system in this country to a different brand of recognition.
Yours faithfully
Roland Obibah Mensah,
President, Private Security Guards Association of Ghana
