NUGS Calls out to UTAG, says an immediate decision to end strike needed now

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has approached the government and striking university lecturers to set their disparities to the side, return to the exchange table and think of an agreeable agreement to end the continuous strike.

The President of NUGS, Mr. Emmanuel Boakye Yiadom, said the gatherings should shun strategic maneuver, which was not propelling anyone’s objective.

He settled on the decision at a question and answer session yesterday, at which NUGS shared its perspectives on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the way forward.

“We are imploring the two players not to go into exchanges with a showcase of self-image, which might postpone the ideal result of an agreement,” Mr Yiadom said.

“On October 18, 2021, UTAG and the government closed arrangements on the main remarkable matter of research allowance for the University Lecturers.

“The end was to up explore stipend to $1,600 identical by 2024. This is after the Akufo-Addo government had increased it as of now from GH¢500 in 2018. This will mean an expansion from GH¢500 to $1,600 (GH¢9,600) by the current organization,” it said.

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The public authority source added that during the October 18 arrangement, which should be on the question of exploration remittance just, UTAG then, at that point, tried to bring back two issues that had before been settled upon, for renegotiation.

“These were matters of base compensation and market premium,” it said..

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The government has portrayed the requests and the stance of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) as unreasonable to the students and parents who are also key stakeholders..