Acting Controller and Accountant-General, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, has assuaged teachers’ anxieties after a publication regarding purported reductions from their November salaries.
According to Mr. Kwaning-Bosompem, the deductions are the consequence of an agreement signed between the Ghana Education Service (GES) and several teacher unions.
“The Ghana Education Service officially wrote to request for the deduction of 30% of the cost of laptops supplied to teachers under the One-Teacher-One-Laptop program amounting to 509.55ghc,” the Controller and Accountant-General stated in a press release on Thursday, November 25.
“The 70% of the cost of the laptop is being borne by the government of Ghana.”
Additionally, he claimed that GES requested a deduction of GH100 for Teacher Licensing Fee.
“These deductions, per the letters we received were as a result of agreements between the Ghana Education Service and the various teacher unions.
“The Controller and Accountant-General will NOT unilaterally effect deductions from salaries without the necessary authorization.”
Mr. Kwaning-Bosompem reassured all government workers that they will be paid what they are legally entitled to.
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SOURCE: 3NEWS
