Ghana’s Universities will shut down after 21 days of UTAG strike – NUGS
Ghana’s Universities will shut down after 21 days of UTAG strike if nothing is done by the government and UTAG to deal with the bone of contention at hand.
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), which is the mouthpiece of Ghana’s tertiary students has appealed to the (UTAG) to call off its industrial action and return to the classrooms.
The study body hopes their request will be given a listening ear for the sake of students so as to enable them to continue with their studies. NUGS believes, that UTAG could continue with its negotiations for better conditions of service whiles in the lecture halls imparting knowledge.
“Students have been greatly affected by the strike action as they cannot write their examinations, as well as pursue further studies outside since they would need their transcripts to do so,” the General Secretary of the NUGS, Mr. Julius Kwame Anthony, said in an interview with the Daily Graphic.
University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) commenced their industrial action on August 2nd over what it said was the failure of the government to restore the 2012 salary levels of its members.
Ghana’s Universities will shut down
The National Labour Commission (NLC) secured a court order interlocutory injunction from an Accra High Court to compel the UTAG to return to work. However, UTAG has remained resolute in its quest to right the wrong and has remained defiant over the 10-day injunction, and last Monday, it said it had filed a counter-motion against the injunction. Universities in Ghana will shut down after 21 days if the UTAG lecturers do not return to the lecture halls.
According to Mr Anthony, the turn of events was unfortunate, and that if lecturers did not return to the classrooms, the universities could shut down after 21 days.
“It is rather unfortunate because most of the institutions have had to call off their examinations. There are also some students who have applied for further studies and they are waiting for their transcripts but with the current situation, they have to lose the opportunity,” he said, adding that “these are foreign institutions and once the deadlines have passed, you can’t do anything about it”.
“The UTAG must also go to the table with the willingness to make some compromise. It is highly incomprehensible for the UTAG to go to the negotiation table with highly entrenched positions.
The student leader believes that, if the government meets the demands of the UTAG other public sector workers would also make similar demands, thereby leading to the collapse of the structure.
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On the issue of dollarisation of their payment, he said, “if you see a joint communique that has been signed between the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and the UTAG and some other unions, you would realize that as far back as 2012, they ended the dollarisation of the basic salary”.
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He said although the association had the right to make its demands, it should do them in such a way that would not affect students.
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