President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to organised labour to be moderate in their demands from his government for this year.
He indicated that his government is correcting the defects in the economy and once that is done, the national cake will be shared equitably.
Speaking to organised labour in Accra on Thursday, February 20, he said "Comrades, we know we are your natural allies, we have worked together for many years. "One thing that is a cardinal principle for us is to tell the truth at all times, we all knew that the economy was in crisis but some of the things I am discovering myself, have been a criminal handling of our economy, Ghana is a crime scene because how a government can be so reckless I can't understand it. "But we are faced with a reality, our options are very few, we can behave like the ostriches and hide our heads in the sand and let the economy crash but then what effect will it have on Ghanaian households and everybody?
So I have told the Finance Minister to cut expenditure as much as he likes, even we ourselves in government machinery, cut as much of our budget as you like because we all must make those sacrifices.
