CETAG maintains their stance of staying at home until the government enacts the NLC directive
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has declared that it will not terminate its strike until the government enacts the agreed-upon conditions of service.
CETAG commenced the strike on August 1, citing the government’s failure to adhere to the NLC’s Arbitral Award Orders and the negotiated terms of service since May 2, 2023.
As the extended strike continues to disrupt the education sector, the National Labour Commission (NLC) instructed the government on Monday to promptly execute the mutually agreed conditions of service with the Association.
The government has not yet responded to the NLC’s directive and implementation plan.
In an interview, Prince Obeng Himah, the national president of CETAG, expressed that the sole factor that would prompt their return to teaching is a guarantee of timely payment.
“We expect the government to as soon as possible implement our condition of service and no evidence will be stronger than seeing a validation that will guarantee us that we are going to get paid at the end of the month and if we can see that we have been validated to be paid the all-year-round compensation that we asked for, if there is that assurance that our members are going to get the fifteen days leave, if there is that assurance, there are concrete steps being taken to show how the staff audit report is going to be implemented, then we will gladly go back to the lecture halls,” said Mr. Himah.
He further praised the NLC’s directive as a victory for the rule of law, stating, “I must say that what happened on Wednesday is a victory for the rule of law, and it seeks to validate our position that the National Labour Commission must always exist to protect the labour interest of both employers and employees and I commend them for the statement that they have made, and we are going to stay home and wait for government to come out with a complete thing, and then we move forward.”
Source – citinewsroom.com
