Tensions are rising across various state and public institutions across the country as vigilante groups suspected to be supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) besieged the premises of the institutions over the past few days to demand jobs while serving notice to existing staff to quit.
The situation was particularly pronounced at Tema on Wednesday when vigilante groups clad in red and chanting revolutionary songs marched to some state-owned enterprises and public institutions in the metropolis, intimidating staff amid threatening actions.
It was alleged that some scared staff of some of these public institutions had to flee their posts amid the vigilante action.
Since winning the December 7 general elections, the nation has witnessed pockets of vigilante action, particularly by supporters of the NDC.
From amassing in numbers at electoral collation centres, laying in wait at Kotoka International Airport intercepting gold exports, and forcefully taking over the security of agencies such as the passport office and the DVLA, to reports of besieging thugs offices of the NHIA, NSS, TVET, STC, Metro Mass, and MMDAs, the resurgence of political vigilante groups, which was highlighted by the NDC when it was in opposition, has become a rising canker to the social fabric of the nation.
At the Tema office of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the NDC supporters reportedly evicted staff members and locked the premises.
Other targeted institutions included the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) and Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), where intruders demanded the immediate resignation of all political appointees.

In a separate incident, the statue of former President John Evans Atta Mills at Asomdwe Park suffered vandalism.
In Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, groups of NDC supporters stormed several public offices, forcing employees to vacate their premises and pack their belongings.
Among the affected offices were National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Regional National Service Secretariat (NSS), School Feeding Program offices, National Lottery Authority (NLA), New Juaben Municipal Assembly and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Witnesses report that the intruders locked the offices, leaving workers stranded and creating disruption to public services.
Many have urged the NDC leadership to take swift action to discourage such behaviour, emphasising the need for respect for public institutions and the rule of law.
The attacks have also raised concerns about the safety of public servants and the disruption of critical government functions, with many calling on security agencies to intervene and restore order.
Local labour unions, including the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), have raised concerns about reports of armed thugs threatening, harassing, and forcefully ejecting civil servants from their officially allocated residences.
They explained that the attacks by the armed individuals left numerous members displaced and caused significant property damage within the affected residences.
Following this development, the leadership of CLOGSAG issued a stern warning, vowing to take industrial action if authorities fail to address the situation swiftly.