[ 2017-04-24 ]

NAGRAT President Christian Addai-Poku

NAGRAT to sue gov't over withholding salaries of 26,000 teachers
Graduate Teachers say they will take action
against the government if it goes ahead to
withhold the salaries of over 26,000 members yet
to register on a biometric platform.

President of the National Association of Graduate
Teachers (NAGRAT), Christian Addai-Poku says there
was no communication about the deadline for the
biometric registration.

Thousands of graduate teachers across the country
will lose their salaries this month as government
has refused to reinstate defaulters of biometric
registration on the payroll.

The Controller and Account General removed the
names of over 26,000 people from its records for
failing to register. It says it will not reverse
its decision to stop the salary of teachers who
have so far failed to register on the biometric
platform.

This is despite the warning of massive labour
unrest by NAGRAT if government goes ahead to
remove names.

"It is really wrong because the worker has worked
over the period and the fact that somebody might
illegally be on the payroll doesn't mean somebody
else must be denied their salary. That is going to
create whole lots of problems.

He told Joy News' Beatrice Adu they were not
notified that when the authorities finish
registering members those who fail to submit their
biometric details will have their names deleted
from the payroll.

Mr Addai-Poku said if NAGRAT had been informed
about the deadline, it would have gone all out to
get its members to submit their details.

According to him, members thought it was an
ongoing process and they least expected it to lead
to them being denied a month's salary.

NAGRAT is, therefore, asking for a month to go
through with the registration process of its
members which Mr Adai-Poku promised they will
Marshall Forces to get done.

But Speaking to Joy News, Head of Payroll at the
Controller and Accountant General’s Department,
George Baah insisted the affected workers will not
be paid for April unless the Ministry of Finance
reverses its decision.

He said they are yet to receive information
reversing the decision.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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