Call off the strike; Government appeals to striking lecturers
Government has appealed to the members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to call off its strike action as efforts are made to ensure the release and payment of the Book and Research Allowances for the 2014/2015 academic year.
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The teachers have withdrawn their services indefinitely following the non-payment of the 2014/2015 Book and research allowance by the Government.
A statement released by the Ministry of Education states that the Government has started the processes to get the Book and Research Allowance for the lecturers released.
‘The Ministry of Education assures the Senior Members of the public Tertiary Institutions that it has initiated processes to ensure the release and payment of Book and Research Allowances for the 2014/2015 academic year’’
The Ministry further assures that it working assiduously with the Ministry of Finance and Auditor-General for the payment of the allowances.
‘The Minister for Education has since requested the confirmation of rates for 2015 implementation, the Cedi to Dollar exchange rate from the Ministry of Finance as well as a request for the Auditor-General to audit the claims of the Institutions within the tertiary sector for the payment of the allowances’.