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Business News of Tuesday, 23 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-23\n\n

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Business News of Tuesday, 23 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n

2019-04-23<\/p>\n

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\"FinanceKen Ofori-Atta with some members of Organised Labour and Ghana Employers Association<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Government, Organised Labour and Ghana Employers Association, on Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote national consensus on development issues.<\/p>\n

A 19-member council has been tasked with working towards deepening and sustaining the country\u2019s macroeconomic gains for rapid economic growth.<\/p>\n

The partnership, among other things, would create a platform to analyse key development issues and advice government, deliberate and make inputs into policy discourse, including the national budget, medium-term plans and the \u201cGhana Beyond Aid\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n

Consequently, it would provide a platform for building a sense of cohesion, trust and self-management as well as ensure frank discussions on issues to champion development.<\/p>\n

At the signing ceremony and launch of the MoU in Accra, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, said the ultimate goal of the agreement was to solicit ideas and suggestions that would create jobs for the youth, alleviate poverty and promote economic growth.<\/p>\n

Mr Ofori-Atta and Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, signed on behalf of Government while Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress and Mr Daniel Acheampong, President of the Ghana Employers Association, initialled for the Organised Labour.<\/p>\n

The Finance Minister said social partnership as an approach for solving national problems had been used widely around the world, saying it served as a means of leveraging collective bargaining for national economic and social development, which allowed the social partners to influence socio-economic decision-making process.<\/p>\n

Mr Ofori-Atta noted that the concept of social partnership was considered as an essential ingredient in Europe\u2019s economic and political transformation in the post-World War II era and cited Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and Ireland as countries that used it to promote social cohesion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would inculcate the culture of cooperation among workers, employers and Government to ensure industrial peace and maintain Ghana\u2019s international competitiveness to drive industrial transformation,\u201d Mr Ofori-Atta added.<\/p>\n

The Minister said there was a strong partnership among the Government, Organised Labour and the Employers\u2019 Association within the framework of the National Tripartite Committee for minimum wage determination.<\/p>\n

However, the new social partnership would allow for formalisation of that engagement and broaden the scope beyond the narrow confines of minimum-wage setting to overall economic and social development, which would culminate in ensuring prosperity for all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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