President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof Solomon Nunoo has indicated that the decision on calling off their strike will be taken in a week.
According to Prof Nunoo, the leaders of UTAG need time to inform their members about the outcome of discussions held with the Education Committee of Parliament as well as to complete other processes.
As a result, he pleaded with all stakeholders, especially students and parents, to be patient as they completed these procedures.
“… in a week, we might be able to finish the process of deciding whether or not to call off the strike, so we’re urging the public to bear with us.”
“Because if we don’t inform our members of what the Committee said, it will imply that we don’t respect them, which may cause some issues,” Prof Nunoo said during an interview on Neat FM.
The UTAG president also clarified that there was no negotiation when the leadership of UTAG and the government met the Parliamentary Committee.
- The UTAG has agreed to call off the strike, according to the Education Committee.
- UTAG to resume strike from October 8th after government failed to address concerns
“There was no negotiation at the select committee, the committee just listened to both sides. UTAG explained to the committee their demands and the committee urged UTAG to suspend their strike and negotiate with the government,” he said.
He added that the committee gave the government one week to negotiate with the university teachers as soon as they call off the strike and to report back to them (committee).
Meanwhile, the Accra High Court Labour Court 1, this week ordered UTAG to call off its ongoing strike.
The court’s ruling follows a suit filed by the National Labour Commission asking for the enforcement of an earlier order it issued calling on UTAG to call off its strike.
UTAG declared a strike on January 10, 2022, halting academic activities across the various public universities in the country.
