Information available to citifmonline.com indicates that the 12 labour unions fighting for the tier-two pension contributions have agreed to demonstrate in two regions on Thursday.
According to John Ankrah, Director of Grievances at Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG), the leadership of the unions in the two regions, which are the Greater Accra and the Ashanti regions have resolved to embark on the demonstration to show the seriousness on the tier two pension issue.
“We have to take this path to bring to the attention of the public our infrastructure due to the impediments placed in our way to operate the four public schemes registered and licenced by National Pensions Regulatory Authority to operate the tier two pensions. It is important to note that the numbers meetings with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority, the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and other government officials have not yielded any result,” he stated.
[contextly_sidebar id=”mrAuhfnzoPiQ2GkMfeVGhVEQ2VxV3LLR”]The aggrieved Unions embarked on indefinite strike on October 22, 2014 to compel government to transfer their tier two pension funds into a privately managed account.
Government subsequently won an ex parte injunction directing the unions to call of the strike.
However, after efforts to have the issue settled amicably failed, the unions filed a counter suit, asking the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) and the Bank of Ghana to make certain disclosures on the fund; how it has been invested and what returns that has accrued on the investment.
But the Industrial and Labour Court presided over by Justice Saeed Kweku Gyan on Tuesday adjourned the case to Monday November 24, 2014.
Meanwhile, it is unclear why the unions in the other eight regions are staying away from the demonstration exercise on Thursday.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh & Franklin Badu Jnr/citifmonline.com/Ghana