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New Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atebubu Amanteng Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, Hon Sanja Nanja has said it is unfortunate the National Security Advisor has come under heavy criticism for some comments he made last Saturday. According to him, Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah�s (rtd) comment was not to sideline workers as been portrayed in the media. Sanja Nanja also known in political circles as �The Son of a Ninja� is of a view that, public workers must corporate with government in this time of hardship which the President has admitted. Nunoo-Mensah has been castigated after he lashed out at Ghanaian workers to put an end to their needless strikes which he considered to be a sign of indiscipline. He challenged the striking workers to exit the country if they think "the kitchen is too hot" for them. �Every Tom, Dick and Harry gets up and is calling for a strike. If you don�t want the job Ghana is not a police state, take your passport and get out of this country. If you can�t sacrifice like what some of us have don�t then get out. If the kitchen is too hot for you, get out�. Speaking on OKAY FM�s political show Ghana Decides, the NDC MP pleaded with Ghanaian workers to �calm down� on the Security Advisor since his comment was not doomed to demean workers services offered to the nation. �Everyone has its own way of talking. In this period of workers agitations, some issues are hard to say and the one who will be brave to say it is also a problem. But General Nunoo-Mensah was bold enough to voice it out. Despite the ceaseless strikes, workers have been told by President Mahama and the Finance Minsters that the economy is shaky now, and it is a challenge the NDC is facing now,� he said. Adding that, �General Nunoo-Mensah�s comment was a form of appeal to Ghanaian workers for them to sacrifice. Because he is an ex-soldier, he said it with a tone Ghanaians did not like. Ghanaians should understand the man from his background as a soldier�.