 |
| Dr. Bekoe swearing inn UHAS-UTAG |
The University Teachers
Association of Ghana (UTAG) have sent yet a strong signal to government that,
the association will not back down in the “fight” against the scrapping-off of the
book and research allowance for its members.
Dr Samuel Ofori Bekoe National
President of UTAG said on Wednesday that members of the Association are
professionals who are committed to their work and know the tools needed for the
job and “would not be pushovers to allow people who do not know anything about
tertiary education to dictate to them”.
Government in the 2013 budget
announced the cancellation of the book and research allowance and replacing it
with a national research fund. This decision however did not go down well with the
two tertiary education teachers associations, with the Polytechnic Teachers Association
of Ghana declaring an indefinite strike for the past 8-weeks.
But speaking at the
inauguration of the 10th UTAG branch at the University of Health and
Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho, Dr. Bekoe said the book and research allowance
were part of the condition of service of members of the association and
government has no right to unilaterally take away the allowances, noting that,
it was against international labour laws.
“Government must listen to
us because anything short of this will not auger well for all of us and if
government cannot do it, it must move out for the one who can do it” he stated.
