A group Calling itself Victims of 3 Months Arrears Pay Policy (V3MAPP) has charged all Ghanaians to reject President Mahama’s second term bid for Presidency.
According to the group,elections are not just conducted for a mere reason of citizens to be enfranchised, but to enable them vote for deserving or right leaders and their definition of a right leader is one who has the plight of the people at heart.
The group further stated,that When teachers are dying, taking pre-mature loans, deferring their courses, weeding to feed themselves, and are unable to foot their rent, hospital bills,utility bills etc. despite several come-to-our-aid calls, just because a country who calls herself a republic is unable to pay it’s workers, and you hear some so-called government officials defending the mess they have created, the only clue it gives is so clear that you can easily conclude that they are not the right leaders.
The group criticized the nature of payment of their salary arrears,stating that,when the president who has oversight responsibility over everything that goes on in the country, and is also responsible for supervising the appointment of officials of GES who are suppose to forward their documents to Audit service for validation ,and Finance Minister who gives orders to effect the payment of our arrears ,and it has to take them more than three years to do so, then you don’t need to wait a second to come to realize that “By their fruits, we shall know them” is artificially and naturally applicable.
In a press release issued by the group,it has stated that ,members of V3MAPP with their friends and family call on all well meaning Ghanaians, and everyone who have love for this country to kick John Mahama out of the seat of government because the spate of injustice on teachers under his government is becoming too much.
The group praised the late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills for being there for them as a colleague who understood their problems.
”Our advice to confused Alex Ofori Acheampong (GNAT General Secretary) is that, if he has any better recommendations for GES, it should be focused on swift payment of teachers salaries. Anything apart from that is meaningless, we see such as sugar-coated words which is normally meant to win favour from higher authorities. Which or what money does he want us to use to further the so-called education for which reason he was recommending two semesters in place of three terms in basic schools? We have gone past the years of slavery, we are not ready to be position or idol worshipers.
You don’t expect us to clap for you for using three years to pay about 13,000 out of 60000+ teachers. The truth still remains the truth no matter the threats and intimidation. All professionals can boast but the teacher taught them all” is not food or wages, it is just meant to intrinsically motivate us. We need extrinsic motivation as well, teachers as we are also deserve the best in life”. the group stated.
Source:EducationGhana.net