‘We Will Not Go Back To Lecture Halls On Monday’ – UG-UTAG To Registrar

The University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has announced that its members will not go back to the lecture halls on Monday, February 28, 2022, as previously ordered by the school’s administration.

Mrs. Emelia Agyei Mensah, the University’s Registrar, declared its intention for the resumption of academic activities on Monday in a statement dated February 24, 2022.

Nevertheless, in a letter to the premier University’s administration, the local branch’s General Secretary, Prof Ransford Gyampo, stated that lecturers are unable to cooperate with the mandate.

“After extensive deliberations, they [UG-UTAG members] directed me to bring to your attention [Registrar], their inability to comply with the decision of the Business and Executive Committee for the resumption of teaching on Monday 28th February 2022,” portion of the letter reads.

UG-UTAG leadership made it clear that their motive of not returning to the classrooms lies on two reasons.

“UTAG-National Executive Committee’s decision to suspend the strike, has been rejected by majority of members of public universities in Ghana, and it will not be prudent to commence teaching for few days, only to resume the strike again, given the toll this may likely impose on students and parents.

Secondly, given the trust deficit between UTAG and government, members indicated their preference to see the outcome of the talks/engagement (not negotiations) initiated by the government to resolve the impasse (which is expected to end on March 4, 2022), before they return to the classroom,” Prof. Gyampo wrote in the letter after an emergency meeting on Sunday, February 27, 2022.

Source; PressInformant