Suhum, Feb 03, GNA - Fifty Teaching Assistants employed
under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) in the
Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District had not been paid for the past eight
months. Mr Joseph Brafo, a Teaching Assistant, told the GNA after a
emergency meeting the teachers held at Sowatey near Suhum on
Thursday that apart from not receiving their allowances they had
also not been issued with appointment letters. Mr Brafo said the National Secretariat was also demanding that
every Teaching Assistant should pay GH¢10 every month from their
allowances. He said anytime the District Coordinator of the scheme, Mr
David Livingstone, was contacted he would tell them that the
government had released the money to the banks awaiting
disbursement but when the banks were contacted they denied
receiving any money. Mr Brafo said most of the Teaching Assistants just completed
schooling and had no sources of income and that some of them had
to travel long distances to teach. He said due to that unfortunate situation some landlords had
threatened to eject the Teaching Assistants from their rented
premises.
