Lecturers defy UTAG strike order

A member of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Dr Isaac Brako, has said most of the members of the association have defied an order from the executives that they should lay down their tools.

According to Dr Brako, the members have ignored the directive to strike because the national executives did not use the right channel in communicating the decision to them, a situation they deemed disrespectful.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of UTAG on Monday, September 18 directed its members nationwide to withdraw their teaching services in solidarity with their counterparts at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).

“It is our firm belief that the issue at the UEW is an attack on academic freedom and thus affects all public universities in Ghana,” it said in a statement signed by its national President, Dr Harry K. Agbanu.




But speaking in an interview with Agyen Barima on Accra 100.5FMs mid-day news on Monday, September 18 Dr Brako said: “Most of us are not following that directive to strike, we are busily working for the country.

“The point is we did not vote for the executives to be providing text message governance for the association.

“We are not kids where the executives will be communicating such a decision to us through text messages. We did not vote for text message leadership and so we are not following that order to strike, we are in the classroom teaching.”

Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com