The Ghana Meteorological Agency (G-Met) has announced its intention to take legal action against the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) over a 10-million-dollar debt.
The debt, which has accumulated over a four-year period, is for services rendered by G-Met to the two institutions. Despite an undertaking from GACL to pay the service charges moving forward, G-Met is pursuing legal options to recover the outstanding amount.
This decision was disclosed by the Director-General of the Ghana Meteo Service, Eric Asumang, during his appearance before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday.
“I want to believe that when they call them they will comply and that may settle the court matter. If that fails then probably legal action will be taken. But even when it is resolved and they give us this letter it will be for the money that is to come to us, not the arrears.
“As for the arrears, at the latter part of the year, the board gave permission to use legal means to collect those arrears,” he told the Committee.
Meanwhile, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched a Self-Employed Enrolment Drive to increase enrollment from the informal sector into the scheme.
Director-General of SSNIT, Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, has emphasized the importance of allowing people to join the scheme from their homes.
“If I look at the February payroll which was just paid; out of some two hundred and forty-five thousand pensioners that we pay only six hundred and thirty constituting 0.03% are people who have retired as self-employed persons.
“We see that we have a long way to go and this is the narrative that we want to change.”