General News of Friday, 31 May 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghPostpone all your funerals - Mortuary workersMortuary attendants have been battling with the government to increase their salariesThe National Chairman of the Ghana Mortuary Workers Association (MOWAG), Edward Mensah has called on all families with funerals to postpone their burial ceremonies following the ongoing strike by the group. Families who went to the Kolebu Teaching hospital, Okomfo Anokye and Koforidua Central mortuaries for their dead on Friday were turned away by mortuary men. He however stated that families who made payment earlier before the strike are allowed to take their bodies. In the Ashanti Region, some bereaved families have been asked to take their bodies to private facilities instead of the Okomfo Anokye mortuary. The workers also asked bereaved families to suspend all payments.

Source: GhanaWeb May 31, 2019 16:41 UTC