{"id":30708,"date":"2014-07-09T14:25:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T14:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=30708"},"modified":"2014-07-09T14:25:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T14:25:25","slug":"getfund-contractors-to-demonstrate-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/getfund-contractors-to-demonstrate-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"GETFund contractors to demonstrate on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
Members of the\u00a0Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Contractors Association are threatening a massive demonstration against government if\u00a0they are not paid the\u00a0arrears owed them.<\/p>\n
According to the contractors, government has failed to\u00a0pay arrears owed them for over one and a half years.<\/p>\n
The association which says it is aggrieved over the developments is calling on government to urgently address their concerns.<\/p>\n
The GETFund Contractors Association is a group under the Association of Road Contractors, Ghana.<\/p>\n
A member and contractor of the association, George Agbo,\u00a0told Citi News that\u00a0\u201con Friday, there\u2019s going to be a demonstration, we\u2019ll go to GETFund from there we will go to the flagstaff house. We will let them know that we need our money.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to say they are ready to use all available means to ensure that government pays them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe GETFund is responsible for our payments; they are not doing their duties. We just want them to know that enough is enough, now we want to take a step.\u201d<\/p>\n
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