{"id":1232658,"date":"2022-10-24T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/24\/railway-nears-collapse-over-no-fuel-non-payment-of-salaries-ssnit-contributions\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T10:27:41","slug":"railway-nears-collapse-over-no-fuel-non-payment-of-salaries-ssnit-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/24\/railway-nears-collapse-over-no-fuel-non-payment-of-salaries-ssnit-contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"Railway nears collapse over &#8216;no fuel&#8217;, non-payment of salaries, SSNIT contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Workers at the Ghana Railway Company Limited are crying foul over inadequacies which may lead to a total shutdown, if not checked.<\/p>\n<p>Already, a passenger train and another manganese freight have been parked as a result of inadequate funds to purchase fuel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_0353-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Railway nears collapse over 'no fuel', non-payment of salaries, SSNIT contributions\" class=\"wp-image-10032130815 lazy\"  data- title=\"Railway nears collapse over 'no fuel', non-payment of salaries, SSNIT contributions\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe company currently cannot purchase fuel to run its manganese freight as well as the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU), a passenger train,\u201d according to the Railway Workers Union of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Union says another challenge has to do with the salary arrears owed some staff since August 2022 which has the propensity to affect their welfare.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-24-at-9.08.53-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Railway nears collapse over 'no fuel', non-payment of salaries, SSNIT contributions\" class=\"wp-image-10032194728 lazy\"  data- title=\"Railway nears collapse over 'no fuel', non-payment of salaries, SSNIT contributions\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, welfare dues, SSNIT, and Credit Union contributions are also owed to staff in the same period.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>This was contained in a statement signed by General Secretary of the Union, Godwill Ntramah on Monday, October 24.<\/p>\n<p>In the communiqu\u00e9, the Union called on President Akufo-Addo to come to their aid.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kv7ZJp0eW4Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JoyNews Tracker: Gov&#039;t can&#039;t tell when Accra-Tema and Accra-Nsawam railway service will resume\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kv7ZJp0eW4Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It suggested that the government directs \u201cthe release of the revenue realised from the auctioning of the scrap metals of GRCL to purchase fuel and other operational challenges to save GRCL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers at the Ghana Railway Company Limited are crying foul over inadequacies which may lead to a total shutdown, if not checked. 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