The Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) Akatsi Chapter has joined the Association's statewide protest over welfare concerns impacting members.
Misplaced first-degree holders, non-payment of migration arrears, exclusion of payment of generic allowances, partial payment of office holding allowances, and non-payment of Interim Market Premium Arrears are among the problems.
Offices including as the Administration, General Office, Procurement, Accounts, and Internal Audit, among others, were under lock and key with red bands attached to their doors when the Ghana News Agency visited the Akatsi College of Education (Akatsico) on Monday morning.
Workers in those numerous divisions, including drivers and culinary personnel, were also not observed doing their customary necessary responsibilities.
Mr. Frank Asare, the President of CENTSAG's Akatsico Chapter, told the GNA that the government should address their concerns as soon as since "the issues presented have persisted for quite some time."
"If not rectified soon, they might have legal ramifications," he warned. He urged the 46 institutions of education to refrain from hiring new staff from outside the union while the strike was still in effect.
He expressed regret to the whole student body for the problems that the strike had caused them. On the condition of anonymity, some members of the CENTSAG expressed their discontent with the government's disdain for their concerns.
Mr Dotse Bright Kekeli, President of the Akatsico Pupils Representative Council, said the situation was wreaking havoc on the students, "because nutrition is now a major concern."
Level 100 students who began their end-of-semester assessment on Monday, April 11 will be affected by the move.
"We now buy food from the canteen on campus, and some even go to town to get it," he added, "which has an impact on our academic and safety concerns."
Mr Kekeli urged the government to speed up work on answers to the Association's concerns so that the College, which had a total student population of 1,607, could continue to function properly.