Members of UTAG, GAUA, SSA-UoG, and TEWU of C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, and the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, have set to suspend academic activities following the clandestine attempt by the government to migrate staff of only the three (3) newly created Universities onto the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) IPPD2 payroll.
According to them, they have observed that the migration as it stands, has nothing good to offer the staff, but an intended effort to reduce the basic salaries and allowances of staff in the recently created three (3) Universities.
In a release sited by A1radioonline.com, they said “The migration as it stands, has nothing good to offer the staff, but an intended effort to reduce the basic salaries and allowances whilst our counterparts continue to enjoy no reduction in their basic salaries and allowances; such disparities cannot be accepted under no uncertain terms.”
The conduct, they stressed: “Contravenes sections 67, 68 and 69 of the Labor Act, 2003 (651), which do not allow an employer to unilaterally vary the Conditions of Service of employees. To make matters worse, whilst the National leadership of our Unions is engaged with the government at National Labor Commission on this issue, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) unilaterally decided to migrate staff of only these three Universities onto IPPD2 payroll.”
They added that the move by the government was surreptitious and only seek to see members losing their basic salaries and allowances in the ranges of 5% to 59% due to placement on lower salary scales.
“It should be stated clearly that, the three (3) newly created Universities are seriously under-resourced. Notwithstanding, our members are making huge sacrifices by providing the needed efforts through self-motivation to drive the speedy development of these institutions.”
They however called on the government not to “punish” them that way by lowering their current conditions of service with the intended migration.
Source: a1radioonline.com|101.1 MHz|Moses Apiah|Ghana
