{"id":1474,"date":"2019-09-21T17:09:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/21\/audio-textiles-workers-union-exposes-education-minister-2\/"},"modified":"2019-09-21T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:09:35","slug":"audio-textiles-workers-union-exposes-education-minister-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/21\/audio-textiles-workers-union-exposes-education-minister-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio: Textiles Workers Union exposes Education Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/audio-textiles-workers-union-exposes-education-minister\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569085775_607_78602482.jpg\"   alt=\"The new uniforms for JHS students\" title=\"The new uniforms for JHS students\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new uniforms for JHS pupils<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=FaazX9eobGaJvfsDK\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Textiles Workers Union has dismissed claims by the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh that there is a contract advertisement for local companies to manufacture fabrics for the new Junior High School (JHS) uniform.   <\/p>\n<p>According to the group, there has been no advertisement or contract bidding that was announced to them as being purported by the Minister.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: My respect for Otumfuo is profound-Mahama speaks on Asantehene\u2019s UN comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong> programme, General Secretary of the Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Union, Abraham Koomson, urged the Minister to furnish them with evidence of the contract advertisement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president himself has taken control of the importation of such fabrics that\u2019s why I am surprised the Minister spoke the way he did; because there has been no such advertisement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Video: Aisha Huang\u2019s deportation was a mistake \u2013 Prez Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To Mr Koomson, who reiterated government\u2019s pledge at the State of the Nations address to revive local industries, there must be a publication of the companies that won the bid the Minister spoke about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless they want to create jobs for their own concubines and families, but if there was any advertisement of that sort, all such people must be verified for us to know how they brought the goods here without passing through the Tema Port.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to him in audio above<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Adomonline.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new uniforms for JHS pupils The Ghana Textiles Workers Union has dismissed claims by the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh that there is a contract advertisement for local companies to manufacture fabrics for the new Junior High School (JHS) uniform. 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