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UTAG Strike: Akufo-Addo Must Intervene – Gyampo
Professor Ransford Gyampo, the general secretary of the University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to personally intervene to resolve their salary issues.
According to Gyampo, UTAG does not trust any of the government officials to handle the situation and therefore, a call on the president to intervene.
“By our own conduct and by our own conditions of service, we’ve not been able to speak forcefully about the fact that we don’t have many resources because if you look at how appointees behave and the resources that go to Article 71 officeholders and others, people look at all these things and make comparisons.
“It has gotten to that point where labour cannot trust any office appointees that are involved in this (negotiations),” he stated.
Speaking to Beatrice Adu on The Big Bulletin on Monday (14 February), Gyampo indicated that Akufo-Addo in his final term of office, must chase after better legacies that will outlive him and the complete resolution of the teacher’s demands presents a great opportunity.
“Why won’t the President come, speak to labour and then, as he is looking for legacy, tell labour that ‘look, labour I understand what you’re talking about, at the moment our budget is even yet-to-be passed, we don’t even know the state of the E-Levy whether they’re passing or they’re not passing. Allow us to go through the budget processes and raise some money and give us one month, two months, we’ll be able to find something in response to your demands and give us to the following year, leaving the scene, I’ll make sure that will restore the inequities in your salary structures before I leave.’
“…And that will be one of the legacies that the President can be referred to as having achieved, restoring the inequities in the salary systems in a manner that ensure there’s industrial harmony.
