The National Leadership of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has directed its members at Akatsi South Municipal Assembly to stay at home until further notice.
The directive came after two of the Assembly’s staff working at the Physical Planning Unit were attacked by some individuals working on a project site during their official routine inspections regarding any form of development within the area as required by law. In a statement signed by Mr. Isaac Bampoe Addo on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, their members have been directed to stay at home “as their safety at work cannot be guaranteed.”
“This is not the first time this inappropriate act has been meted out to the staff of the Municipal Assembly. While the perpetrators have not been apprehended and the local Authorities including traditional leaders, Police Command, and opinion leaders have remained silent, there is no indication that the situation would be congenial for normal work to continue.”
The statement indicated that the safety of workers at the Assembly had been threatened and called on all CLOGSAG members to remain at home. “CLOGSAG also demands that the perpetrators of these heinous acts be brought to book and that we continue to monitor the situation and advise accordingly,” the statement added.
Mr. David Okonkwo Lartey, the Akatsi South Chapter Chairman of the Association who read the statement to its members, explained to the Ghana News Agency earlier that the two staff were confronted and brutalized by workers of a private developer at Akatsi Agamakope, near Wlitey Lagbokpe on Friday, January 17. He said the officers were carrying out their normal duties when the incident happened after which they reported the matter to the Police for quick intervention.
“Fearing for their lives, the officers reported the matter to the police, who dispatched five police officers to accompany them to the site. The developer had mobilized a mob to further attack the Assembly staff leading to a staff sustaining serious injuries with blood boozing from the face and his shirt torn at the full glare of the five policemen,” he narrated. The situation, the GNA gathered, had led to the arrest of some suspects. However, the Akatsi South Police Command has yet to confirm the number of arrests to the GNA.
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Source: GNA
