CETAG has agreed to call off its strike tomorrow following an agreement between government and aggrieved CETAG members.
Meanwhile, government has agreed to pay the July and August salaries of CETAG at the end of this month.CETAG has been on strike for seven weeks demanding conclusive discussion on their conditions of service.A major issue CETAG raised included upgraded to a university status.
After more than three hours of meeting, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah expressed government’s commitment to resolve the strike.
“I am happy to inform the general public that we have made very significant progress, and I want to believe most likely that after tomorrow the teachers will return to school after they have had consultation with their constituents.I want to take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped to resolve this issue, especially his Excellency the President for his commitment to ensuring this issue is resolved, the office of his Excellency the Vice President who also intervened to get the issue resolved,” Mr Baffour-Awuah said.
A trustee from CETAG, Maxwell Bunu pledged the commitment of CETAG members to call off their strike by close of day tomorrow August 20.
“We will consult with council with regard to what we have seen, and I think we are here because council sent us and they have outlined the issues and the issues have been resolved so we will do the needful, talk to council and then we will call off the strike,” he assured.
He was also elated about government’s decision to pay their July and August salaries to them and resolved to meet with the Principals of Colleges of Education for a new academic calendar.
“At the end of August, that of July will be paid together with that of August, we have also subsequently made that commitment that once that is done, then of course we need to go back and do our work,” he said.
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutuwum lauded CETAG for agreeing to resolve the prolonged strike.
“I am so happy about what has happened; indeed, we have made some progress,” he stated.
source ; onuaonline.com
