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Pension funds exempted from Debt Exchange Programme

  Government has announced an exemption of all pension funds from the Debt Exchange Programme. This follows a meeting between Organised Labour, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the Finance Ministry, National Security Ministry and all other parties involved on Thursday, December 22. The exemption of all pension funds, however, …

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Labour will resist attempts to ‘touch’ pension funds – Prof Gyampo

  l Professor Ransford Gyampo JoyNews/AdomNews · GYAMPO ON PENSIONS Political Scientist with the the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has reiterated his position that organised labour will resist government’s resolve to use pension funds as part of its debt restructuring programme. Prof Gyampo is of the opinion that …

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Akufo-Addo launches cocoa farmers’ pension scheme

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah Cocoa farmer in rural Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 1 December 2020, launched a pension scheme for the country’s 1.5 million cocoa farmers.  According to President Akufo-Addo, “the pension scheme will enable cocoa farmers to make voluntary contributions towards their retirement, while COCOBOD …

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COACO FARMERS CRIES FOUL OVER PENSION SCHEME ,CALLS GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS..

  Ghana National Coaco Farmers Association (GNACOFA) is calling on government to speed up the implementation process of their pension scheme to free them from poverty at old age , where they can no longer actively work. This could be done by deducting an amount from the sales proceedings to …

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Government gambling pension funds on collapsing ADB and NIB -Adongo

By Nana Asare Barimah The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and the National Investment Bank (NIB) are both collapsing because they have no solvency according to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Hon Isaac Adongo yet government wants to gamble pension funds on them, MyNewsGh.com has filed. According to …

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