Government orders Controller and Accountant General to block July salaries of Colleges of Education Teachers

The government, through the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), has directed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to suspend the salaries of all teaching staff of Colleges of Education for the month of July.

In a letter dated July 22, 2024, the Commission stated that the directive, which is at the instance of the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is a result of the failure of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) to call off their ongoing strike, which commenced in June this year.

“At the instance of the Minister for Education on the non-adherence of CETAG members to call off an illegal strike from June 2024, you are by this letter requested to stop the salaries of all teaching staff of the Colleges of Education (CETAG) except for the College Principals for July 2024. By this letter, the College Principals are not to validate the July 2024 salaries of all teaching staff,” the letter signed by the Head of IPP at GTEC, Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, stated.

Meanwhile, CETAG, which has maintained that its strike action over the non-implementation of the outstanding arbitration award by the National Labour Commission (NLC) is legal, has warned of legal action against any attempt by the government to freeze their salaries.

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