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Angry unpaid teachers picket at Controller and Accountant General

Twenty-two of the teachers who are from the Nsaba Presby Senior High School arrived at the premises of the CAGD around 6am after realising that their September salaries had not been paid them.
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Some twenty-four teachers from the Agona West District of the Central Region picketed at the offices of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) in Accra Monday morning over the deletion of their names from government’s payroll.

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Twenty-two of the teachers who are from the Nsaba Presby Senior High School arrived at the  premises of the CAGD around 6am after realising that their September salaries had not been paid them.

Speaking on Citi FM, the Senior House Master of the Nsaba Presby Senior High School, Mr Robert Enison said, “We called to find out and they said we are unknown teachers. So we decided to come here to tell them that we are not ghosts, we are human beings. In a week’s time, we will send someone over to verify."

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According to him, officials of the CAGD have given them assurances that their names would be reactivated on the payroll and that their salaries would be paid them at the end of October.

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