Arabic instructors in Ghana are threatening to go on a nationwide demonstration over their unpaid allowances.
Speaking in an interview on Citi News, the secretary of the Arabic instructors association Sheikh Abdul Salam said on several occasions there have been announcements from the government that their allowances have being paid yet they haven’t received any money.
“There have been several announcements that government has released some money to the Zongo Ministry but we have still not received our allowances and we are very hungry. The two-year contract started on 5th January 2018 and in less than two months, it ends.
“We are very hungry. Sometimes we receive some help from family members and other benevolent persons, but when they hear the announcement that monies have been released, they might stop helping us,” he said.
“We the Arabic instructors also contributed immensely to the NPP’s victory in 2016. This demonstration will be nationwide, and Imams from all over the country will converge in Kumasi for the demonstration,” he added.
According to the association, they will converge in Kumasi in the Ashanti Regional capital next week to register their displeasure over the failure of the Ministry for Zongo and Inner Cities development to disburse their monies which have been in arrears for 17 months.
By Emmanuel Amewugah, Daily Mail GH
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