Government demolishes CAP 30

General News of Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-04-23

The government has debunked the minority's badertions in Parliament that the current pension plan for security agencies is being changed.

Interior Minister Ambrose Dery said the government did not intend to transfer personnel from the Ghana Police Service or a CAP security organization. to another system.

Addressing police officers at the police headquarters last Wednesday, Ambrose Dery said: "Rumor has it that the Ghana Police Service will not be transferred from CAP 30 because the government recognizes the unprecedented sacrifices that He does for the country.

"The President will not make any changes that will aggravate the situation of the police, neither during his service nor at retirement, ever!" Said the minister.

He urged staff to always check their sources of information and accept those from the police hierarchy and not from another source.

Last week, a statement issued by the minority, signed by James Agalga, a member of the Parliament's Defense and Interior Committee, said that the government had attempted to withdraw Ghana's police service and the police. 39 other pension plan security services CAP 30. Scheme.

The minority said: "It unreservedly condemns the government's attempt to remove the police and other Ghanaian security services from the CAP 30 pension scheme".

However, in a rejoinder, the Interior Minister said that his department and the police board would never make any changes that could affect the welfare of staff.

"The government, recognizing the sacrifices of Ghanaian police personnel, has put in place an insurance cover of 50,000 GH ¢ for each staff member," he added.

The insurance package put in place a year ago would be used in case of death of any staff member on duty, while three of their children would also be taken care of, from the nursery to the tertiary.

Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu, who told the staff what was in the kit, added that even if a person died accidentally or naturally, the family would be entitled to 25 000 GH ¢. with a permanent disability, he would be entitled to 25,000 GH ¢.