Kofi
Bosompem
Osafo-Maafo,
the
Director-General
of
the
Social
Security
and
National
Insurance
Trust
(SSNIT),
has
pledged
to
continue
engaging
Organised
Labour
and
other
relevant
stakeholders
to
improve
the
operations
and
investment
portfolios
of
the
Trust.
Osafo-Maafo
said
that
SSNIT
has
positively
improved
over
the
period
and
aims
to
continue
on
that
trajectory
through
broader
engagements.
He
was
directly
addressing
Organised
Labour
after
the
group
declared
an
industrial
strike
effective
today
[July
15]
to
protest
the
sale
of
SSNIT’s
60
percent
stake
in
four
hotels
to
Rock
City
Hotel
owned
by
Agriculture
Minister
Bryan
Acheampong.
Organised
Labour
in
a
press
conference
on
Friday,
July
12
declared
an
indefinite
strike
to
protest
against
the
transactions.
SSNIT
subsequently
issued
a
notice
terminating
the
sale
after
other
unions
and
associations
declared
their
intentions
to
also
withdraw
their
services.
Speaking
in
an
interview
with
Bernard
Avle
on
the
Citi
Breakfast
Show
on
Citi
FM,
Mr.
Osafo-Maafo
assured
Organised
Labour
of
the
Trust’s
continuous
engagement
with
all
the
relevant
stakeholders.
“My
message
is
very
straightforward,
the
management
and
board
of
the
Trust
will
continue
to
manage
the
portfolio
and
assets
to
achieve
the
best
long-term
returns.
Organised
Labour
will
be
aware
that
we
have
improved
and
we
will
continue
to
engage
and
improve.”
Organised
Labour
said
it
would
continue
with
its
strike
until
the
SSNIT’s
board
is
dissolved,
despite
the
sale
process
being
terminated.
“SSNIT’s
function
is
to
ensure
social
security
for
the
population
and
so
the
leadership
[of
Organised
Labour]
recognised
that
the
way
by
which
the
hotels
were
being
sold
was
flawed
and
if
you
look
at
the
content
of
the
letter,
we
said
we
were
not
going
to
call
off
the
strike
until
SSNIT
board
is
dissolved,”
the
Deputy
Secretary
General
of
the
Ghana
Federation
of
Labour,
Kenneth
Koomson
told
Bernard
Avle
on
Monday.
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