UTAG agrees to call off strike as NLC and Employment Ministry move to discontinue legal process

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has agreed to suspend its strike following an emergency meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and Employment and Labour Relations Ministry. This is contained in a memorandum of agreement between government and the Teachers Association. In conjunction with the National Labour Commission, the Ministry of Employment and […]

Just in: UTAG, GAUA, SSA and TEWU thanks gov’t for resolution of KNUST wahala

The various labour unions at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have thanked government for its show of levelheadedness and enormous magnanimity in resolving the KNUS matters and thereby restoring the University back to normalcy. The KNUST branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the Teachers and Educational Workers Union […]

KNUST wahala: reopen school in 14 days and see what will happen-UTAG spits fire as it goes into a crunch meeting

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has served notice it will embark on a strike action after the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is reopened within 14 days as instructed by government. President of UTAG, Dr. Eric Opoku says government has disrespected the teachers by dissolving the university council and inaugurating an […]

Dissolution of KNUST Council: it is political interference and infringes on autonomy of the University-UTAG

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has lampooned government for the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), saying the move smacks of political interference. A statement issued by UTAG and signed by Professor Eric K. Furkuo, President of the KNUST branch of UTAG said in […]

KNUST wahala: UTAG to the defense of Vice Chancellor, we won’t allow him to be sacked

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has indicted its displeasure at calls for the removal of the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso. According to the Association, the calls are unnecessary and lack merit because the Vice Chancellor was only implementing a policy that had […]