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Injured machine operator rejects ¢1,000 compensation
The severely injured worker of Twellium Industrial Company at Adjen Kotoku, Mr. Atsu Bilson, 49, last Thursday rejected GH¢1,000 compensation offered him by the company.
He told The Spectator on Tuesday that he received a phone call from one Mr Karim, Managing Director of Stir Top Company last Thursday to report and collect his compensation.
“To my utmost surprise, Mr Karim, in the presence of a witness, by name Sarim offered to pay me GH¢1,000 (One Thousand Ghana Cedis) as compensation for my injuries, which I flatly rejected,” he said.
The Human Resource Manager of Twellium Industrial Company, Mrs Rita Dick Samels had earlier told this reporter that, Stir Top Agency, a company outsourced to recruit staff on their behalf, had been fully paid insurance, and compensations, that may befall any of their injured workers, in advance.
She was pleasantly surprised to hear that, Mr Karim was offering to pay the victim only a paltry sum of GH¢1,000, as compensation.
Meanwhile, after rejecting the paltry compensation, Mr Karim issued Mr Atsu Bilson with a medical form, to attend hospital for doctors to determine his degree of injuries, and the percentage of compensation that should be paid to him.
It will be recalled that, The Spectator last week published a story in which Mr Atsu Bilson appealed to President Akufo-Addo to intervene and compel Twellium Industrial Company to pay him adequate compensation after sacking him, when he got injured while manning one of the machines that produce the “rush energy drinks and Verna water, etc.”
Mr Atsu Bilson, until his unlawful dismissal, on August 17, 2021, had worked with the company (Twellium) for six years.
By Francis Xah
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disbursed GHS134,000 to 22 students under the latest round of his Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
According to a statement from his office, the 22 beneficiaries are enrolled in 16 tertiary institutions across the country.
They are studying various courses, including medicine, marketing, law, public health, midwifery, business administration, education, and secretaryship.
The MP’s office commended the beneficiaries, especially the five students currently studying medicine and physician assistantship, encouraging them to remain committed to their studies.
The statement indicated that the scholarship initiative, which began in 2017, aims to support brilliant but needy students from the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency to further their education. So far, about 700 students have benefited from the program.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
