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The Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Ernest Owusu Bempah has taken a swipe at the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL), describing them "useless." According to the NDP firebrand, the labour front has woefully failed Ghanaians since they could not defend the citizenry against the government and the Public Utility Regulatory Commission's clout. To him, the "tariff increase is hitting the government so badly�The decision taken by PURC and all those people involved and the stakeholders is not going down well for the government.� Making his submissions on Oman FM, he advised the leaders of the labour front to lead a crusade and challenge the government to reduce the tariffs on utilities in the nation. �The Labour front needs to take up the leadership mantle to challenge government to make sure that that unnecessary price hikes and the other issues associated with tariffs; they will defend it. They are the people who should have led the crusade but they�ve woefully failed the people of Ghana. The Labour front has failed Ghanaians because those there are useless.�