Picked the wrong fight, Comrades

If Ghana’s organised labour decides to go on a demonstration (not strike) against the wanton abuse and plundering of Ghana’s public purse and the government’s perchance for “fire-fighting” to tackle industrial relations, I will be at the forefront of the mobilisation of the masses, carrying the biggest placard at the head of the pack on the day.

And before you holler about another “too known” claim by Tarzan, please cast your minds back (or ask your parents if too young) to the genesis and inspiration behind the biggest demonstrations organised in Africa outside of Egypt, namely Kumepreko, and the other nine “preko” marches of 1995.

The abysmal and pitiable failure of the one demonstration against the electricity tariffs must convince us all that this is not the subject that is taking centre stage in a list of priorities for the ordinary Ghanaian. That the labour front itself is split as to the merits and emphasis of the discourse on utility tariffs is further proof