The TUC Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Asamoah, has urged Ghanaian workers to promote peace and tranquility in the country in the run-up to the December polls.

He said workers had the responsibility to ensure peace in the country, in spite of the unnecessary tension that had been generated by some individuals in recent times.

He noted that the TUC had a mandate to ensure that workers’ rights and aspirations were promoted to generate maximum output, adding that the union’s contribution to national development was to encourage its members to promote peace to develop the nation.

Mr Asamoah was speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting of the Bolgatanga District Council of Labour.

The meeting was to provide an avenue for the TUC to interact with and solicit the concerns of workers and educate them on the need to ensure peace in the country.

Mr Asamoah noted that almost everything in the country had been reduced to partisan politics, making it difficult for issues bordering on national interest to be discussed and solutions found.

He said if caution was not taken, the country could be put into a state of pandemonium as a result of the use of intemperate language by some individuals across the political divide, adding, “It is only when peace prevails that we can work as a working people and promote productivity for the country.”

He called on Ghanaians to be tolerant and live peacefully, devoid of the use of vulgar language that could eventually incite unwarranted passion.**