Ex-Customs Officials Want Better Gratuities

Retired Senior officers of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), have appealed to the government for an upward review of their gratuity.

They said that although CEPS collects about 70 per cent of the national revenue, its staff and retired personnel are not given adequate remuneration.

"Senior officers who retire after 30 years of service receive between two million and six million cedis as gratuity," Mr J.M Acquah, Interim Organiser of the ex-CEPS Staff Association told the GNA after the inauguration of the Association.

"This amount, is very tiny when we compare it with the colossal contributions we make to the national economy."

Mr Acquah said most of the employees were honest and had high hopes of receiving commensurate pensions only to realise that their expectations were only illusions on retirement.

Mr Acquah called on CEPS staff to support the Association.

Mr Samuel Tetteh Quarshie, Chief Controller for Human Resources and Administration, called for programmes to enable officers on retirement to adjust to life after active service.