{"id":7617,"date":"2013-08-03T03:44:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T03:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/in-ghana-university-teachers-on-strike-for-money\/"},"modified":"2013-08-03T03:44:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T03:44:46","slug":"in-ghana-university-teachers-on-strike-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/in-ghana-university-teachers-on-strike-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"In Ghana, university teachers on strike for money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just like in Nigeria, university teachers are on strike in Ghana.<\/p>\n

President John Mahama, has however appealed to them to call off their strike as government was already taking steps to resolve their grievances.<\/p>\n

Mahama made the call on Friday in Accra when he met with a delegation from a Nigerian university in Ekiti State.<\/p>\n

An online statement from the presidency obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), quoted Mahama as assuring that the lecturers\u2019 demands would be addressed.<\/p>\n

“I wish to take the opportunity to appeal to my own university teachers who, I am told, have just commenced a strike based on some issues that I believe have been resolved.<\/p>\n

“I will appeal to them not to continue with the strike, we have to ensure that the system goes on undisturbed,\u2019\u2019 the statement said.<\/p>\n

Ghanaian universities move to absorb already awaiting fresh students would be defeated if the strike continued.<\/p>\n

The lecturers are demanding full payment of their market premium arrears and allowances which have been outstanding for a year, following Ghana\u2019s migration to the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).<\/p>\n

A meeting on Wednesday between the Ghana Fair Wage and Salaries Commission and representatives of the lecturers could not resolve the contending issues.<\/p>\n

The President, University Teachers\u2019 Association of Ghana (UTAG), Dr Anthony Simmons, said in a statement on Friday that the strike would continue until the government settled all the grievances.<\/p>\n

“If the money hits the accounts, definitely we will take a decision, but until that is done, we still stand by the strike,\u2019\u2019 it said.<\/p>\n

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