Pre-tertiary teacher unions upset with government over GHC600m arrears in 2nd-tier pension payments
Published:
1 month ago
Source:
3News
Employment and Labour Minister
Pre-tertiary teacher unions are upset that government owes their second-tier pension funds over GHC600,000,000 for a period of one year. The unions, Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) Ghana say, any further delay may result in agitations by the over 400,000 teachers nationwide in the coming weeks. Leadership of the unions spoke exclusively with our labour correspondent Daniel Opoku in Accra on August 13. According to the Pensions Act (Act 766), government is expected to deduct 5.5% from salaries of workers for their second their pension scheme. However, for the past twelve months, the second-tier pension of all public sector workers has been in arrears for twelve months.