DR. YAW BAAH IS NEW TUC SECRETARY GENERAL

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Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah of the Public Services Workers’ Union has been elected as the new Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, Ghana, at the just-ended 10th Quadrennial Delegates’ Congress of Ghana’s largest labour movement in Kumasi.

 Dr. Yaw Baah has thus taken over from Kofi Asamoah who decided against a re-election, after serving as the Secretary-General for eight years of two terms, since 2008. 

Dr. Yaw Baah was elected unopposed. Until his election, Dr. Yaw Baah was the Deputy Secretary-General of the TUC, a position he also held for eight years. 

The election was supervised by officials of the Electoral Commission led by the Ashanti Regional Director, Serebuor Quaicoo.

 A total of 990 delegates were expected to take part in the elections. In the other contests, Reverend Richard Kwasi Yeboah was elected as the substantive National Chairman, after holding the fort as the Acting National Chairman for some time. 

Reverend Yeboah had the nomination of 16 out of the 17 affiliate Unions of the TUC with his only contender, Peter Lumor of the Health Services Workers Union getting the support of only one Union, thereby disqualifying him from the contest, in line with the election regulations of the movement. 

The first National Vice Chairmanship slot was given to Alex Nyarko of UNICOF unopposed, while Sister Philomena Aba Sampson of the Ghana Mineworkers Union emerged as the second National Vice Chairperson also unopposed. 

The Congress also elected Joshua Ansah of the Timber and Wood Workers Union as General Secretary. 

A 11-member Finance Board was also elected to manage finances of the TUC. The Board will have to elect its own Chairman later.

 In his acceptance speech, the new Secretary-General of the TUC, Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah thanked all the delegates and affiliate unions of the labour movement for the confidence reposed in him to lead them.

 He thanked also outgone executives of the TUC, particularly Mr. Kofi Asamoah, for their support and encouragement to him. 

Dr. Yaw Baah appealed for the support and cooperation of all workers especially labour union leaders during the four year tenure for the new leaders to effectively champion the cause of workers in Ghana.

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