GES has written a rejoinder explaining how vehicles belonging to the service were seized by a court for non payment of salary arrears of some teachers that were recruited before they got financial clearance. Below is the full press release by GES on the matter.
RE: GES VEHICLES SEIZED FOR NON PAYMENT OF SALARIES
1. Before 2017, some people were recruited into GES without Financial Clearance from Ministry of Finance.
2. These recruitments were done at the District and Regional offices without recourse to the Headquarters.
3. In 2017, upon an appeal to government through the Minister for Education, the Government decided that the appointments should be formalised and the GES through the MoE applied for Financial Clearance from MoF.
4. The Financial Clearance granted by the Ministry of Finance, was with effect from 2017.
5. The affected staff agreed in principle that they could only be paid from 2017 based on the Financial Clearance.
6. All the people involved were therefore issued fresh appointment letters which took effect from 2017.
7. They have since been mechanised and have been receiving their regular salaries.
8. In spite of the agreement some of the them decided to go to court to claim salaries for work done before 2017.
9. The court ruled in their favour leading to the seizure of *Three* GES Vehicles in Eastern Region.
10. GES has since retrieved the three vehicles and discussions are going on as to how to pay the judgement debt.
11. The matter is being handled by the Attorney- General's Department in Koforidua.
12. Full and detailed statement on the matter will be issued in due course.
*SIGNED*
*PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE*
*GES*
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