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FACT CHECK: GHC49m debt was released in September 2019; not part of Teachers’ Legacy Salary Arrears

A letter which was published in the media dated September 9.2019 and was believed to be a payment of arrears owed striking teachers as part of Teachers’ Legacy Arrears was misinformation.

The letter was not released on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 as said in the media, but rather September 9, 2019 and published by EducationGhana on September 15,2019.

The letter was meant for Teachers owed grants and allowances from 2017 to 2019.

The Ministry of Finance has ordered the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to release an amount of GHS49,998,626.72 to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to settle outstanding salaries and transfer grants of its staff.

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It said: “You (CAGD) are hereby authorized to release the sum of GHS49,998,626.72 (Forty-Nine Million Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty-Six Cedis Seventy pesewas) to enable the Director-General, Ghana Education Service, pay outstanding transfer grants and other allowances to qualified staff of GES from 2017 to 2019.”

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This story was published in major media outlets in September 2019.

EducationGhana published this story on The 15TH September 2019.

Check Letter Below:

FACT CHECK: GHC49m debt was released in September 2019; not part of Teachers' Legacy Salary Arrears | 1

 

Source:EducationGhana.net


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