UTAG HINTS ON A POSSIBLE STRIKE ACTION AGAIN !!

 

The  National Union of Ghana Students has called on the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and Senior Staff Association – Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) to call off their planned industrial action and continue negotiations with government.

NUGS charged UTAG and SSA-UoG to, “as an act of good faith towards students and government, avoid an entrenched position in all dialogues to address their concerns.”

They argue that the effect of the pandemic has already disrupted academic activities and that a strike in these “abnormal times will further worsen the plight of the Ghanaian student.”

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has directed members to withdraw all teaching and related activities on campus beginning Monday, August 2, this year.

Members of the association are to lay down their tools and stay off teaching, examinations and invigilation, marking of examination scripts and processing of results until further notice.

A statement issued by the NEC, and jointly signed by Professor Charles Marfo, the UTAG National President, and Dr Eric K. K. Abavare, the National Secretary, said members on the various campuses ought to comply with this directive.

The decision to embark on an industrial strike, according to the NEC, was borne out of the government’s refusal to heed calls by the association to improve the worsening conditions of service of the university teachers.

But in a statement, NUGS disagreed with the strike approach considering its effect on students.

This was captured in a statement signed by President of NUGS Emmanuel Boakye Yiadom.