Negotiating with a “dead goat” is difficult – Sir John

Posted on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Former NPP Chief Scribe, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie says he sees no reason why President Mahama should take a hard stance on the conditions of service demands by doctors.

The Ghana Medical Association declared a strike action a week ago after their negotiations with government hit a deadlock and have threatened to resign en masses if their demands are not met.

But President John Dramni Mahama had indicated clearly that he will not spend a cedi outside the 2014-2015 budget on unplanned expenditure.

Meaning, the doctors might not get to see their demands met. But that has been rubbished by NPP’s Sir John.

Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show “Ghana Montie”, Sir John tagged the president as a “disrespectful” person due to his “dead goat syndrome”.

He debunked claims that the NPP’s is behind the doctors strike, rather – “I feel sorry for the striking doctors”.

“If you are negotiating with a dead goat, what will you expect from him [President Mahama]? He asked – adding – “that will be difficult’.

He however pleaded with the striking doctors to at least help the – “poor who cannot afford expensive private hospitals” by returning to the hospitals.

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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