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The Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Upper Presbytery, has expressed concern about the current upheavals at the labour front in the country and urged parties to show greater commitment to end it. It said the government, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and all other stakeholders ought to demonstrate their willingness to end the labour unrest. A communiqu�s signed by its Chairperson, Reverend Esmond Wasau Nagbar at the end of its third Annual Presbytery Conference held at Nalerigu, stated that demonstrating commitment to agreements and rulings at various negotiation stages was the only way to resolve the labour unrest. It also appealed to the labour unions not to resort to entrenched positions but allow due process to work, adding that �let us all remember that all parties are serving the supreme interest of mother Ghana�. The Communiqu� impressed upon doctors on strike to consider the oath they took and call off their strike to save the human lives The Church also expressed concern about the nationwide power crisis and noted that it had brought untold hardships to both domestic and industrial users, who depended on power for productivity, profit and survival. �Whilst commending government for the extension of the Aboadze Terminal Plant to boost power capacity, we wish to urge government to refrain from misrepresentation of facts and realities surrounding the issue of power crisis for political expediency�, the Communiqu� said. The Communiqu� appealed to electricity users to cut down waste and to become power conservation sensitive and urged government to find a lasting solution to the energy crisis. It commended all Ghanaians for the general peaceful reaction to the outcome of the 2012 general elections, particularly the leadership of the two political parties for resorting to the courts for a solution to their disagreement. �The Presbytery urges the parties to remain calm while the justice of the Supreme Court execute due diligence to bring the matter to a rest. The Presbytery urges key actors, residents and security agencies in conflict areas in the northern parts of the country to refrain from the use of violence and rather resort to dialogue�, it indicated. It commended President John Mahama for the recent Ministerial swapping as a way of finding lasting solutions to the agitations and defusing of tension surrounding appointees based on ethnic permutation.