Research assistants in Ghana’s Parliament are to stop work over the non-payment of their salaries.
They have scheduled Thursday, June 20, 2019 to demonstrate, a letter addressed to the Speaker of Parliament stated.
The RAs told Starr News they have not been paid for 11 months.
“Many of us have not been paid salaries very close to one-year (eleven months) now and this situation is rather worrying and appalling considering the fact that many of us are really working hard to assist our Honourable Members deliver on their mandate as Members of Parliament so as to improve parliamentary democracy,” the letter said.
It added: “We are not entitled to any allowances, emoluments or any other fringe benefits as Research Assistants. We are only entitled to our monthly salaries and we have to convey ourselves to work without any transport allowance as compared to other staff working in Parliament. We only rely on our salaries for all our basic needs and this very issue of non-payment of Research Assistants salaries is really crippling us.”
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
