University of Ghana management,has entreated its chapter of the UTAG to resume lectures in accordance with UTAG-NLC decision to honor a court order requesting the suspension of their strike.Lectturers are expected to returns to classrooms on Monday,February 28,despite votes to reject suspension of the strike according to UTAG,as part of its commitment to temperarily comply the court order to resume work after an injunction was granted to the National Labour Commission (NLC)
However,UG-UTAG chapter has noted their inability to comply with the decision of the Business and Executive committee for the resumption of teaching today, it was also a comment made by some of the university of UTAG members.
According to the chapter in a mail signed by secretary UG-UTAG, Prof.Ransford Gyampo their resistance is because the UTAG -National Executive committee's decisions to suspend the strike has been rejected by most member of the public universities in Ghana.
Prof.Gyampo also noted that it would "not be necessary to commence teaching for a few days,only to resume the strike again, given the toll this may likely impose on students and parents.
He further added that due to the trust deficit between UTAG and government, "members have indicated their preference to see the outcome of the talks) engagement (not negotiations) initiated by the government to resolve the impasse (which is expected to end on 4th March,2022) before the return to the classroom.
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