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Court orders arrest of Aggudey
Accra, Jan. 22, GNA - A Circuit Court in Accra on Monday
ordered the arrest of George Aggudey, Chief Executive
Officer of Goldcrest Security Limited, for failing to appear
before it to answer a case of non-payment of 8.1 billion
cedis as Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT)
contributions of its workers.
When the case was called, Aggudey, Presidential Candidate of
the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for the Election 2004,
was not in court. He was also not in court when the case was
first called on December 11, 2006.
He is facing two counts of failing to pay SSNIT
contributions.
The facts of the case indicate that an inspection conducted
on July 28, 2006 into the wages books of Goldcrest by SSNIT
Inspectorate Unit revealed that the Company between January
1995 and June 2205 failed to pay contributions of workers
and penalty totalling 8,150,882,076.72 cedis.
The arrears were made up of 3,378,855,762 cedis as the
actual amount while 4,772,026,314 was three per cent penalty
for delayed payment.
A demand letter was issued on July 28, 2006 but efforts to
get the Company to settle the amounts failed thereby
swelling the amount to 8,150,882,076.72 cedis.
GNA
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