Pension scheme strike; legitimate

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• kofi yaro 11 years ago

  Ghana will succeed despite your coordinated sabotage of the current administration.

  Ghana will succeed despite your coordinated sabotage of the current administration.

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• Mahmoud 11 years ago

  Send BNI to investigate SNIT if Mahama is really serious about fighting corruption in this country. The place is full of skeletons condoned by sitting governments. The party seems to be getting over, and workers are demanding ...
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  Send BNI to investigate SNIT if Mahama is really serious about fighting corruption in this country. The place is full of skeletons condoned by sitting governments. The party seems to be getting over, and workers are demanding their rights.

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• OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

  AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....
  
  It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the ne ...
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  AUTHOR: MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU....
  
  It would appear that those in control of the NDC, for the time being, were bent on excluding other bona fide members of the Party who may wish to lay democratic claims to who becomes the next flag bearer of the Party by excluding them even before the mortal remains of the demised President were interred. It is also symptomatic of how political party elites in Ghana and Africa worm their way into the confidences of persons perceived as likely to ascend to power positions for purposes of eventual personal economic gain at the expense of the generality of the mass of Party members and the Nation which every President swears to serve under the Constitution

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• George 11 years ago

  Some of these workers cannot quantify what they do in a day to deserve any salary. AFAG is a very myopic, tribal cabal umbrella which will be one of the first targets in case of any implosion in this country. We are alert and ...
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  Some of these workers cannot quantify what they do in a day to deserve any salary. AFAG is a very myopic, tribal cabal umbrella which will be one of the first targets in case of any implosion in this country. We are alert and watching.

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• OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

  BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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  BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AFEDE FILLING HIS BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD< ASIEDU NKETIA SPREADING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER BRONG AHAFO AND BUYING MANSION IN CALGARY CANADA, HANNA BISSIW ,OYI LITHUR ANITA DISOSO SPREADING MONEY AS IF GHANA HAS NO PROBLEM

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• agborvitor 11 years ago

  George, your foolishness is clear

  George, your foolishness is clear

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• OWEN.NEW YORK.. 11 years ago

  Most Ghanaian working class voted for this government because the propaganda mechanism of the ruling N. D. C Party blindfolded majority of these workers. Now is the time the voters are reaping what they sowed last four years ...
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  Most Ghanaian working class voted for this government because the propaganda mechanism of the ruling N. D. C Party blindfolded majority of these workers. Now is the time the voters are reaping what they sowed last four years(2012)

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• PP 11 years ago

  It would have been a shock, indeed earthquake if AFAG had said anything but support the strike.

  It would have been a shock, indeed earthquake if AFAG had said anything but support the strike.

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• Paa Ekow 11 years ago

  Come to think of it; the minimum wage in Ghana at the prevailing exchange rate is less than $2. This is a shame in itself. And worse of it, Govt can't still show these striking workers the account details of the Bank of Ghana ...
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  Come to think of it; the minimum wage in Ghana at the prevailing exchange rate is less than $2. This is a shame in itself. And worse of it, Govt can't still show these striking workers the account details of the Bank of Ghana account in which their deductions have been logged. And people find a voice to support this? God save our nation.

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• NK 11 years ago

  These Unions do not have knowledge of what it takes to manage pensions fund.
  These are the duties of qualified pensions actuaries. If you operate a pension scheme without an actuary, it is just like operating a hospital wit ...
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  These Unions do not have knowledge of what it takes to manage pensions fund.
  These are the duties of qualified pensions actuaries. If you operate a pension scheme without an actuary, it is just like operating a hospital without a doctor, period. These monies if given to the unions will be in danger come 20 years

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• Tilador 11 years ago

  Will strike solve the problem? Dialogue will be appropriate thing to do.Avoid unnecessary suspicion of government. Most workers are also ignorant about this fund management.

  Will strike solve the problem? Dialogue will be appropriate thing to do.Avoid unnecessary suspicion of government. Most workers are also ignorant about this fund management.

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• Abrantie 11 years ago

  The fact that the govt employs them does not mean that the govt can just take the pension fund money.The workers have every right to demand how much is in their funds at every quarter.You dont have to have a degree in Actural ...
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  The fact that the govt employs them does not mean that the govt can just take the pension fund money.The workers have every right to demand how much is in their funds at every quarter.You dont have to have a degree in Actural science to manage a pension fund.The govt has dipped its hands in every available money in the country for nothing.

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• Obed 11 years ago

  Hummm we have to wake up and for our right.

  Hummm we have to wake up and for our right.

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• Ibrahim Sako 11 years ago

  I can't trust any union or association with my pension fund in an era when the practice of some of the Unions are in contravention with the constitution of Ghana;
  Article 21
  (1) All persons shall have the right to -
  (e) fr ...
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  I can't trust any union or association with my pension fund in an era when the practice of some of the Unions are in contravention with the constitution of Ghana;
  Article 21
  (1) All persons shall have the right to -
  (e) freedom of association, which shall include freedom to form or join trade unions or other associations, national or international, for the protection of their interest.
  
  Currently, some unions or Associations forcefully make some workers their members and authorize controller to deduct the Union's dues from the worker's salary.
  Constitutionally, I think the worker should accept to be a member of an association and to give his/her consent for controller to deduct dues from his salary for the association. It is therefore unfortunate for controller to deduct the worker's salary for an association or Union without the consent of the worker. Its is also unfortunate that a worker who has been subjected to this unfair treatment has to seek the consent of the beneficiary association or union for that unlawful deduction to be stopped. This has caused some workers to suffer deductions from two associations or unions.
  The most annoying of it all, some of these unions or associations have little information about them available. And access to this information by the supposed members is limited.
  Clearly, these associations and unions are exploiting workers and flaunting the constitution of Ghana with impunity.
  Ideally, the unions and associations are supposed to make available, information about them to the supposed members or workers for the worker to make an informed decision. This is however not done; the worker is forced or made a member of an association or union without the worker's consent.
  Some of the unions to are battling over its membership and others trying to be autonomous e.g CLOGSAG/LGWU, HSWU.
  I think if a system is not put in place to ensure that, the unions and associations comply with their own constitution and the constitution of Ghana; article 21(fundamental human rights) for that matter stop the current unlawful practices, workers will be better of in the current pension scheme than operationalization of the four pension schemes and entrusting it's management in the unions and associations.
  NO NO I CAN'T TRUST ANY UNION WITH MY PENSION FUND AMIDST THE UNLAWFUL PRACTICES THAT HAVE POSSESSED THE CONSCIENCE OF SOME ASSOCIATIONS OR UNION.....

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