SSNIT’s response to stake sale not serious enough to end strike – GRNMA
The president of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association (GRNMA), Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo has indicated that the union will not call off its intended industrial action because Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) does not seem to take their concerns seriously.
On Friday, July 12, organised labour declared an indefinite nationwide strike starting Monday, July 15, 2024.
This is in protest of the proposed sale of 60 per cent shares in some hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong’s Rock City Hotel.
Due to this, GRNMA under its mother umbrella, organised labour directed its members to gradually withdraw their services nationwide, effective Monday, July 15.
A few hours after the organised labour unions publicly announced its industrial action, Bryan Acheampong’s Rock City Hotel withdrew its bid to buy the hotels, citing a negative public perception of the processes.
Subsequently, a statement from SSNIT issued just before midnight of Friday, July 12, indicated that SSNIT had terminated its intended sale to Bryan Acheampong.
The brief statement signed by the Board Chair of SSNIT, Elizabeth Ohene, who had previously defended the deal, said the process has been terminated, assuring pensioners, contributors and the public of “its commitment to managing the affairs of the Trust prudently for the sustainability of the pension scheme.”
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Responding to this, Madam Ofori-Ampofo said her outfit was not impressed with SSNIT’s decision.
According to her, if anything, SSNIT should have called a press conference to communicate its decision regarding the deals rather than the approach adopted.
“I am not seeing any seriousness from the board of SSNIT. They are not taking us seriously. In this era of AI and technological what shows that what is flying is real?
“SSNIT cannot use just this medium to just churn out information. What they could have done was to hold a press conference, issue it and give copies to the media or put it on their letter head and duly sign it.
“They could have also written to organised labour to say that we have heard your cry, this is the decision we have taken. Going forward we want to engage with you to ensure that we find strategies.”