Former Dean of MMDCEs, Richmond Amponsah Agyabeng, has accused Finance Minister Ato Forson of refusing to pay salary arrears owed to former MMDCEs.
According to the former MMDCE, Ato Forson, has placed rat poison on their mouths, and their feet are burning due to the hardship they are facing, but they cannot speak due to the rat poison.
Richmond Amponsah Agyabeng stressed that the situation has caused severe hardship for former MMDCEs.
The former MMDCEs further revealed that one of their colleague died in the Volta region, with another wife of a former DCE in the Northern Region also suffering from severe illness.
Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, Richmond Amponsah Agyabeng stated, “Ato Forson has placed rat poison on our lips for us to be quiet, and fire is also burning out our feet, which is what is happening to MMDCEs.
If we had been paid, we would have come to your station to come and thank him. We have been quiet; he is the one with power. This is our own money to be given to us they are refusing. These are arrears which are to be given to us some time ago. We just went to bury one of our colleagues in Volta”.
He added, “Last weekend, one of our colleagues’ wives was severely ill. What crimes have we committed? Ato Forson has refused to pay us; are we not part of Ghanaians?”
Also, the former Dean of MMDCEs warned that they may be forced to picket the Finance Ministry with their families if they are not paid.
He added, “If we take our families to picket at the Finance Ministry, I hope they won’t come after us for disturbing the public because they failed to hear our plea. We leave our matter to God”.
“If they refuse to pay us, that day will surely come. We’ve complained for a long time, and even taking the matter to court isn’t feasible because we lack the funds. At this point, picketing is our only option.”
The former Dean of MMDCEs added, “If we carry everything to the Finance Ministry, they will know we are serious. They must be careful not to let security intimidate us when we decide to act”.
“A lot of our colleagues have gone to eternity because they could not afford their medical bills. Some are also battling ill health and need money to pay bills,” he said.
Meanwhile, some netizens reacting to the news stated, “He’s a fool. Their own government couldn’t pay them, and yet they were quiet like a church mouse, but all of a sudden, they want to make noise now”.
“You see these people. So, the former DCE has only been a DCE all his life? Didn’t receive a salary for the whole of his 4-8 years of service? How did he plan on taking care of his family when he decided to get married?”, another X user added.
“The money is there, and your own government couldn’t pay you, you did not have the sense to keep some of the stolen money”, another netizen added.
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