The Greater Accra Regional May Day rally was nearly marred because of the small size of the Oninku Park at Tema, where it was held.

Some workers groups that found the overcrowding at the parade unacceptable, expressed their frustration at being crammed into that space and nearly boycotted the day’s celebration but the intervention of organisers of the event restored some calmness and the about 2,500 workers drawn from various organisations in Accra and Tema, went ahead with the parade which saw the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo, as the reviewing officer.

Also in attendance were the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ms Sherry Ayittey, the Director General of the Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA) Mr Richard Anamoo and some heads of institutions within the Accra and Tema metropolitan areas.

Addressing the parade Nii Afotey-Agbo congratulated Ghanaian workers for their hard work over the years without which he said, the quest to achieve the much needed socio-economic development of the country would not have been possible.

As part of the concerted effort towards accelerated development, he called for retrospection among stakeholders in the employment sector to reflect on their past performance while using the years ahead to commit themselves to working hard to improve work productivity.

The regional minister reassured workers of the government?s commitment to protect their interest in the collective aim of achieving the ?better Ghana agenda.?

The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Ms Dorcas Amanquandoh, who delivered the TUC General Secretary?s address, implored policy makers to address what she described as the monumental challenges confronting domestic industries.

She said the current state of affairs in the local industries was compelling many manufacturing firms to convert their factories to warehouses.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Tema District Council of Labour, Mr Wilson Agana, had added his voice to calls on supporters of the two leading political parties, the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party, to desist from using intemperate language as the December elections beckons.

He served notice that the labour front would not sit aloof while political parties in their quest to win power, engaged in acts that had the potential to derail the current peace and stability the citizenry enjoyed.