Organised labour has called on the Board of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to cancel the sale of 60% shares of its stake in some hotels to the Agric Minister, Bryan Acheampong.
Addressing a news conference in Accra on May 20, 2024, the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, said the sale of the shares is unacceptable.
Meanwhile organised labour has called for an emergency meeting with President Akufo- Addo and officials of the Investments and Operations Unit of SSNIT.
Dr Yaw Baah said, the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, should ensure that the agreement is cancelled.
“If the Minister of Pensions who is also the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations fails to stop SSNIT, we workers of Ghana who own the funds, will stop it “.
He again said, the sale of the 60 percent shares to Bryan Acheampong is unacceptable.
“We do not think that the regulations that guide the sale of state asset were followed. We do not think that the necessary due diligence was done, we cannot imagine that state property will be sold to a minister of state. For us, it smacks of state capture and that should be stopped,” Dr Baah said.
Chairman of The Forum, Isaac Bampoe Addo intimated that if Mr. Ignatius Baffour fails to cancel the sale agreement, there will be a nationwide strike.
“We want government to know that these funds are not government funds. These funds are pension funds, government should be aware that we will not allow our pension funds to be misused and should they dare, there will be a nationwide strike,” Mr Bampoe Addo threatened.
He added that organised labour will not allow government and SSNIT to misuse the funds of pensioners.
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