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The National Security Adviser, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (Rtd) has vowed never to quit his post despite growing calls for his head in the wake of his strong suggestion that striking workers were unpatriotic and could leave Ghana if they desired. Brig. Nunoo Mensah, speaking over the weekend, challenged those complaining about the economic hardships, culminating in a number of strikes, to stop complaining and leave the country if they so desired. �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�. This call has since generated a firestorm of reproach, as well as calls from a wide section of society and political parties for the president to sack him. However, the former Chief of Defence Staff insists he is going nowhere. Speaking on Adom FM�s Dwaso Nsem morning of Tuesday October 22, 2013, Gen Nunoo Mensah declared: �I will never resign. Why should I resign? Why do you think I should resign? If I�m speaking the truth, why should I resign? If you are a doctor and you are on strike and I say you can leave, why should I resign? �No one should be allowed to destroy Ghana. My wife thinks I�m even crazy, with all the money I�m spending in building schools and all. �The time has come to save this nation. This country is dying. Those of us who have been around for a long time can see that, that is why I�ve launched a moral crusade. �I will never resign.�