The University of Ghana chapter of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ union (TEWU) has been accused of misappropriating about GHC 1.5 million in welfare dues, within a period of five years.
[contextly_sidebar id=”2bCwmWtxfSUJJdgpdmG5GPPnTvRVpgVs”]The Legon TEWU is also being accused of failing to release reports, during meetings on how much it has expended on welfare dues despite several calls.
According to the leader of the Democratic Workers’ Front (DWF), the campus group making the claims, Robert Ngambire, TEWU has failed to include the welfare expenditure in the account the Union they published .
“The fact is the money has not be accounted for from 2010 up to 2015 which constitute the five years DWF is talking about,” he said.
According to him the union accepted the fact of not including the welfare account even though it was important adding, “the TEWU confessed in the general meeting that the account they brought did not include welfare account and each member is paid GHC nine monthly but as we stand today there are about two thousand eight hundred and forty-eight members” he disclosed.
“The disappropriation of funds is the reason why elections to elect new Executives have delayed, he lamented
But responding to the allegations, Chairman for Legon branch of TEWU Ken Botchway, admitted that the local Union did not submit the expenditure on Welfare but stated that the monies collected were used to cater for the needs of members.
“This money does not sit down because it is the same money that they give workers end of year package, it is used to give retirees as token when they are going on pension, it is the same money when some body is bereaved that they give him or her something”
He argued that the accusation is factless adding “he is not having the facts”
“what happened was that the Trustee of the union travelled and the Chairman then of the union had an appointment and they are the signatories of our account,” he disclosed.
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By:Patricia Conteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana