Organized
labour requests meeting with government on pension scheme
Accra, May 14, Ghanadot/GNA -
Organized Labour has called for a meeting with government to
agree on the road map for the implementation of the new
pension scheme.
A letter to President John Evans Atta Mills dated May 13
obtained by the Ghana News Agency on Thursday said organised
labour was deeply concerned about the delay in the
implementation of the pension scheme.
The statement was signed by Mr Yaw Baah of the Ghana Trades
Union Congress, Mr Ben Mingle, Ghana Federation of Labour,
Mr Kwami Alorvi, National Association of Graduate Teachers
and Ms Irene Duncan-Adanusa, Ghana National Association of
Teachers.
It noted that at a Consultative Meeting on April 28, Vice
President John Dramani Mahama intimated that the new scheme
whose inauguration was scheduled for that day was postponed
indefinitely.
It said according to Mr Mahama, the postponement was to
allow government to prepare the Legislative Instrument on
the Act, establish the necessary administrative structures,
carry out actuarial studies into Social Security and
National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) finances and study the
restructuring of the SSNIT.
It said President John Evans Atta Mills in his May Day
address said the implementation of the Scheme had been
postponed to enable government to review the Act that
established it.
It said organised labour was therefore requesting a meeting
with the President on the implementation of the Scheme.
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