If its requests for accrued bonuses are not met, the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has threatened to go on strike on Thursday, January 6, 2022.
In an interview on 3FM's Sunrise on Monday, December 13, the National President, Prince Obeng-Hemah, emphasized that the government's inability to keep its commitments to them is the cause for their planned strike.
According to him, on September 24, 2021, CETAG and the government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding their service terms for 2017 to 2020.
"We've been pushed to the breaking point, Alfred," he told show presenter Alfred Ocansey, "the contract was scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2021, but it hasn't happened yet."
Mr. Obeng-Hemah explained that the government was supposed to authorize the payment of nine months' worth of accrued arrears in October, November, and December 2021, as per the agreed agreement, "However, the administration has yet to follow through on its promise in this area."
"The months of October and November 2021 went by without the Association's members receiving any cash.
"CETAG members are anxiously anticipating payment of the agreed allowances (January 2021 to December 2021) by the end of December 2021, failing which the Association will go on strike."
"If their issues are not satisfied by the end of December 2021, the proposed strike action will include all 46 Colleges of Education under its supervision," he said.
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