Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has urged members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to consider striking a deal with the Ghanaian government and returning to the classroom.
UTAG on Monday, February 21, suspended its six-week long strike over what they say are deteriorating conditions of service. The suspension of the strike follows an interlocutory injunction by the High Court.
But UTAG said it reached the decision to suspend the strike after an intervention from some eminent people, including the former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, business mogul Sam Jonah, and members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education. This decision, according to UTAG, is subject to voting by members of its 15 chapters across the country.
Paying a call on the former president for further engagements on the matter, he advised UTAG to consider the full ramifications of their industrial action as well as the size of the national purse at the moment.
“You have to see whether the employer being the state is in a position as we speak now to meet your demands in full. You also know that without your services you will sort of be blighting the future of the youth and the nation. So what do you do? The sense of compromise should come”, he said.
The leadership of UTAG, for its part, has called for support from its members on their next line of action. The President of the Association, Prof. Solomon Nunoo, asked members to agree to give the government a chance.
“We believe that membership should back leadership at this time. We need their backing. We need their support so that together we can make progress. Also, as leadership, we believe that we need to start from somewhere, so starting from somewhere is what we’re asking. Let’s give the government that one more chance and see what we can get from this particular engagement, “he said.
By 3news.com|Ghana
