The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)
has suspended its intended strike until the expiration of the negotiation
period. Utag threatened to embark on strike on Tuesday april 16 2014if the National Counsel for Tertiary
Education fails to initiate process to pay their book and research allowances
for the 2013/2014 academic year. this
latest development follows meeting with the national labour authority and
government representatives including jane nana opoku agyeman minister of
education.
In an
intervieiw with a lecturer and member of Utag . mr. Bright Amoah, they are
still negotiating with the government to listen to their plea too. If it is
headed to then they cancel the pending strike but if they don’t pay their allowance
then the strike will sure come on. However students of the university of
education winneba has appealed to the government to pay what ever is due them
to ensure smooth academic calendar.
Source: buabeng
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