General News of Saturday, 6 October 2018Source: kasapafmonline.comHungry Youth in Afforestation workers to strike MondayThe youth employed within the module say they have not been paid for monthsBeneficiaries of the Youth in Afforestation programme have threatened to embark on a sit-down strike from Monday, October 08, 2018 to register their displeasure over delays in payment of their accumulated allowances. The beneficiaries numbering about 2000 have reportedly not been paid their allowances from May this year. “…What we’re saying is that at least the government should intervene for us to receive our allowances because right now we’re dying of hunger. We’re embarking on our sit-down strike from Monday to Friday, if nothing comes then the following week we’ll go on demonstration…” he told Radio Ghana. According to her, those beneficiaries who had not received their allowances produced false documents while others were on other government social intervention programmes.

Source: GhanaWeb October 06, 2018 14:26 UTC