The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has threatened to embark on a strike action on Monday, September 30, 2024, due to government's inability to honour prior agreements concerning their allowances.

This follows an earlier strike action on June 14, 2024, which disrupted academic activities for close to two months.

A spokesperson for CETAG, Dominic Owusu, stated that the government's lack of commitment to resolving their issues has led to this decision.

According to a report by citinewsroom.com, he explained that the pending strike is expected to compel meaningful dialogue and achieve a conclusive, satisfactory resolution to their demands.

“The timeline that we agreed upon which the strike was called off has still not been done. Now, they promised us that by the first week of September, we would have gotten the offline data coming into the college. And then every member in the colleges of education will see where we have been placed by way of the migration and then also check our biodata. But as I speak, we don’t know why they hide the migration offline data.

“Also, they promised us that when the strike is called off, by the end of August, we are going to get the all-year-round compensation for work done in 2022. But as I speak to you right now, we have not received our money. This is why we are saying that if by the end of this week, nothing is heard, we are going to have a full-blown strike,” he indicated.

On August 19, 2024, CETAG and the government reached an agreement to end the strike that disrupted academic activities across various colleges from June 14, 2024.

The strike, which arose from the government's non-implementation of arbitral awards and service conditions set by the National Labour Commission, (NLC) left campuses deserted and students stranded.

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