{"id":1440,"date":"2019-09-21T17:07:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/21\/garment-and-leather-employees-union-schools-napo-2\/"},"modified":"2019-09-21T17:07:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:07:06","slug":"garment-and-leather-employees-union-schools-napo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/21\/garment-and-leather-employees-union-schools-napo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Garment and Leather Employees Union schools Napo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/garment-and-leather-employees-union-schools-napo\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"545\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NAPO_2-696x545.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Members of the Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) have descended heavily on the Minister of Education for demonstrating \u2018gross ignorance\u2019 about the textile industry.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, his comments<br \/>\nwhich seemingly support the smuggling of textile into the country is to blame for<br \/>\nthe collapse of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement signed by General Secretary of the union, Abraham Koomson in reaction to the Education Minister\u2019s justification of smuggling and dumping textile fabrics for school uniforms in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the full statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Textile-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1705920\"  \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Textile-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1705921\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh Members of the Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) have descended heavily on the Minister of Education for demonstrating \u2018gross ignorance\u2019 about the textile industry. 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