EDUCATION

Hilla Limann Technical University defaults in employees pension contributions

Published

8 months ago

August 14, 2022

Lionel

Hilla Limann Technical University defaults in employees pension contributions

Some casual employees of the Hilla Limann Technical University in Wa have not received the required Tier One and Tier Two pension payments from the university’s management for the past 12 months.

The management failed to provide nine employees’ combined pension payments totaling GH7,312.68 to pension fund managers by the deadline, according to the Auditor General’s Report on the public accounts of technical institutions and polytechnics for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

The investigation states that the violation occurred when the university’s acting director of finance neglected to remove employees’ 5.5% payments from their pay or salary, giving her the justification to withhold the employer’s 13% contribution on their behalf.

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The affected individuals run the risk of losing out on both the second tier mandatory pension and the social security pension.

Public hearing

The 2019 Auditor General’s Report on some public institutions, including technical universities and polytechnics, in the Northern, Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, and North East regions was the subject of a weeklong public hearing by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament in Tamale last Monday.

The affected individuals run the risk of losing out on both the second tier mandatory pension and the social security pension.

Dr. James Klutse Avedze, the committee’s chairman, ordered management of the university to make necessary arrangements to pay the contributions due the employees within a week or risk the relevant sanction.

He said, “We are giving you a week to remit the affected persons’ contributions owing them or face sanctions.”

Karim Kuuri, the university’s director of finance, responded to the committee’s concern by stating that the university has previously taken action to pay all outstanding employee pension contribution arrears.

The purpose of the seven-day public hearing is to examine the 2019 audited accounts of tertiary and second-cycle institutions as well as metropolitan, municipal, and district legislatures.

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Kofi Kingston Puts Up ICT Facility In His Hometown In Ghana

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5 months ago

October 26, 2022

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Kofi Kingston Puts Up ICT Facility In His Hometown In Ghana

Ghanaian-born WWE superstar Kofi Kingston, gave back to society by building an information and communications technology (ICT) facility in his hometown of Atwima Takyiman in the Ashanti Region.

Facebook post

Images of the facility from different building eras were posted on Facebook by a user going by the name of Kwabena Nsafoa.

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Rumor has it that the technology center will provide training in computer literacy, media and information literacy (MIL), critical thinking, and inventive problem-solving methods to the people of Atwima Takyiman and the adjacent communities.

It was also made known that Kofi Kinston plans to build comparable buildings in other underdeveloped areas of the nation in order to promote appropriate information and technology education.

“Kofi Kingston in Kumasi.. WWE professional wrestler, Kofi Kingston, has built a Center that will offer training in computer literacy, media and information literacy (MIL), critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills, while instilling a love of reading and research in students in his hometown Atwima Takyiman in the Kwadaso Constituency. He intends to build similar projects in other underprivileged communities in the country. Yɛ daase bro,” The caption for Kwabena’s post read.

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EDUCATION

FUSSAG joins UTAG strike

Published

5 months ago

October 22, 2022

Lionel

FUSSAG joins UTAG strike

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is now on strike in support of improved working conditions, and FUSSAG has joined them.

“Our members are also actively involved in the strike in whatever form, shape, or direction it takes,” FUSSAG stated in a statement.

The government’s decision to pay the 2022 fuel ex-pump allowance rather than the 2021 price, as well as the payment of car maintenance and off-campus allowances, are the subjects of the UTAG strike.

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Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), and Ghana Association of University Administrators are more labor unions that have joined the strike (GAUA).

The strike was supported by the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG).

It threatened to engage in a similar industrial action and stated that it supports the UTAG strike out of “common interest.”

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has given the striking unions instructions to end their strike right away.

This decision was made by the NLC following a meeting with UTAG members on October 20, 2022.

The Commission directed as follows:

That the parties engage fitter on the “Terms of Payment and other related matters.
That both parties should bring to the engagement table, people with mandate to take and/or make decisions.
That the engagement should be held in good faith
That UTAG should call off the strike immediately
That the parties are given two weeks to conclude their engagement on report

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