"Government does not intend to withdraw CAP 30 Pension Scheme" - Release

Government has stated its position and that the story is aimed at creating hostility amongst the security service.

"Government does not intend to withdraw CAP 30 Pension Scheme" - Release
Ghana Police

The Ministry of Informtion has described a captioned story “Akufo Addo withdraws Cap 30 for Police and other Security” as false.

According to the release, the story is “aimed at courting disaffection for Government amongst the Country’s Gallant Men and Women in Uniform.”

The CAP 30, which is a non-contributory, is a form of pension scheme Ghana inherited from its colonial master, which was in Chapter 30 of the 1950 British Colonial Ordinances (Pension Ordinance No. 42).

In a statement released and signed by the Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide on behalf of the Minister of Information on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, “Government by this release, reiterates its position that it has not and does not intend to withdraw CAP 30 Pension Scheme or any Pension Scheme of any of the country’s Security Services.

 

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“Government will not make any changes that will make the Police or any Security Personnel worse off, not while serving or on retirement,” it stated.

The release profiled government stands on the matter and condemned “in no certain attempts by unscrupulous purposes to cause confusion within the ranks of Security Services.”