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  • We will strike again if govt doesn’t present a satisfactory offer – NIA staff

    We will strike again if govt doesn’t present a satisfactory offer – NIA staff

    Staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) are hopeful as they prepare for their scheduled meeting with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) today, June 14, to discuss their conditions of service.

    The union had previously launched a strike, which was called off after the National Labour Commission intervened, allowing negotiations to proceed.

    The strike had caused significant disruptions at various NIA centres, leaving many individuals seeking services stranded.

    Speaking to Citi News, the secretary of the NIA staff, Kwabena Adu Kyeremeh, warned that another strike might be declared if today’s meeting does not produce satisfactory results.

    “It is reasonable and fair compared to what our colleagues in other public or government institutions are receiving comparing their degrees or certificates that we are holding from masters level and first degree and diploma up to SSCE, and then the number of years of experience against what is happening in NIA, then we are going to be okay.

    “We are expecting the government to come home with a very good offer. Then we will also accept it in the interest of Mother Ghana. And they [the aggrieved staff] have also indicated to the general public that if today, they are not successful, they will declare the strike on our behalf.”

  • 23 impersonation cases during WASSCE reported to Police – WAEC

    In the current West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reported 23 suspected cases of impersonation to the police.

    The Council described the development as disturbing and highlighted that because school administrators fail to recognize “unwanted” individuals in the exam halls, such occurrences have risen in this year’s assessment.

    Six schools had a total of reported occurrences of impersonation as of Friday, September 16.

    Prince Boateng SHS in Nsawam recorded 15 cases, Vicar Trust SHS, Kasoa – three and St. John SHS, Asante Bekwai, two cases.

    Winners SHS, Nkawkaw; Sunyani Business College and Mococo SHS, Nkawkaw all recorded a case each.

    Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, urged school authorities to “fish out any impersonators even before they are allowed into the examination room.”

    She added that there is a number of syndicate cheating cases in schools where teachers extort money from candidates and provide answers to them in the examination halls.

    “This practice involves…the execution of pre-arranged plans by these same persons to assist candidates to cheat by solving questions and distributing photocopies or printed solutions to the candidates.

    “A number of cases from the following schools have come to our attention: Asawinso SHS, Action SHS, Madina; Juaben SHS, Aduman SHS, Sunyani Business College, Oxford Business SHS, Sunyani and Miracle SHS, SHS.”