Court declares POTAG strike as legal

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Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

Who say there is no money? Just pay them as per their term of contract. Can we put football over education and health? Only in Ghana? Pay them but make sure they buy the books and do researches and come out with findings.

Who say there is no money? Just pay them as per their term of contract. Can we put football over education and health? Only in Ghana? Pay them but make sure they buy the books and do researches and come out with findings.
insight to the bone 11 years ago

As the days go by more and more people wake up to the reality of the ndc anti Akan hate agenda and their deep rooted corrupt dark souls of evil .This was first initiated by the Ewes and through Mahama and his brothers being c ...
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As the days go by more and more people wake up to the reality of the ndc anti Akan hate agenda and their deep rooted corrupt dark souls of evil .This was first initiated by the Ewes and through Mahama and his brothers being championed today by the northerners. We see in Iraq/Syria the announce of the Islamic caliphate state and their map which now includes Ghana and the whole of West Africa .Most people are ignorant of the fact that unlike in Christianity and other religions whereby the leaders or priests are men of peace in Islam their imams or priests advocate for war and destruction of the non believers and when war starts every single one of them assumes the title emir and becomes the captain of a murderous horde as we saw in Libya and with the boko haram. The mosque is not only a place of worship but an army fortress or barracks and that is why they must in the design in every area which is not predominately Muslim its required to have a tall reconnaissance tower. we see in Accra and other places these mosques spring up all over the place at militarily very strategic positions but we are vigilant and when our bloody revolution starts we will raze all these structures to the ground and drive out this menace from our midst . There are some brainwashed idiotic fools who still believe mahama has good intentions but don't know he is a Muslim disguised as a christian which Islam allows and his only agenda is to weaken with corruption and destroy with negligence the Akan economy so the caliphate can be achieved that is why no project of strategic importance can see the light of day under his watch.As for the Ewes his partners in crime all i can say is have you ever wondered why when you go to Togo there the Ewes are very nice people and true African brothers but the moment you cross the Aflao border into Ghana the ayigbe wickedness , hate and evil starts? The ewes in Togo know these ayigbe are so bad and useless that they are not interested in reuniting with them but would rather throw them all into the sea. We should find a way to trick them into taking them back as we Akans will definitely be better off without this foolish idiotic people. Mahama and his brothers have stolen so much that even the bank of Ghana admits they dont know where our foreign reserves have disappeared to , i can tell you where , Turkey , Iran, Dubai and other Muslim countries where its safe for them. Congrats to Kumasi for hitting the nail on the head and exposing the discrimination and abuse of the civil/human rights with the WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO YOU demonstration , today we see idiots and saboteurs trying turn it into a question of mere economics , even one idiot woman came out with a humiliating brainless idea to go naked just to deflect from the main core issue of discrimination against the Akans. My people we have only one problem and if that's solved the rest will be easy , the problem is discrimination and the Anti Akan agenda of part of this mafia ndc . its never about npp , ndc ,left or right wing ideology politics but simply pepeni/ayigbe tribalism against Akan nationalist evolution. They are only attracted to ideas that only destroy our economy like this EPA paramount foolishness with the Europeans or giving away our gold fields to foreigners who never invest here in the name of prudent business , end result our people are exploited and made poorer. we shall never surrender or be fooled again. While we were thinking of a better Ghana for ALL citizens they were thinking of only themselves and destroying the future for our children . We need to have our revolution and secede to form our own state as they will never change.
Isaac 11 years ago

This might be legal but it is definitely immoral. Receive Salary for months without working? How can our Nation move forwards if teachers who develop brain go indefinite strike with pay?

This might be legal but it is definitely immoral. Receive Salary for months without working? How can our Nation move forwards if teachers who develop brain go indefinite strike with pay?
Kwasi Botswana 11 years ago

Isaac you don't know what you are saying. If lecturers are on holidays do they forgo their salaries. we are going to stay for 4 months if you don't know. if you don't have anything saying shut up

Isaac you don't know what you are saying. If lecturers are on holidays do they forgo their salaries. we are going to stay for 4 months if you don't know. if you don't have anything saying shut up
Boateng 11 years ago

Kwasi, what do you guys do with the money you are asking for? May Ghana see the results of your research so far?

As far as I know, if you keep researching without any good results, publications, etc. you do not deserve c ...
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Kwasi, what do you guys do with the money you are asking for? May Ghana see the results of your research so far?

As far as I know, if you keep researching without any good results, publications, etc. you do not deserve continuous funding!

What I will suggest to you guys is to request funding from the industries for your research.
Think Tank 11 years ago

Isaac what should be asking are:
How can the govt allow the economy to run down so quickly?
How can some half wits in parliament be receiving so much pay for doing absolutely nothing
How can doctors, teachers, public ser ...
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Isaac what should be asking are:
How can the govt allow the economy to run down so quickly?
How can some half wits in parliament be receiving so much pay for doing absolutely nothing
How can doctors, teachers, public servants, etc.., go for months without getting paid?
How can the price of petrol go up every few months?
How can we be paying judgement debts at a rate as if it was going out of fashion?
How can the gap between the rich and poor be widening by the day?
How can we be where we are >50 years after independence?
These are some of the questions you should be asking.
My nephew is a student in one of the tertiary institutions and he tells me of the severe challenges some of the lecturers have to go through.
Don't start talking about morality when the people who make the laws and are in power go about with impunity.
Don't teachers have to eat as well?
Don't they have families and responsibilities to take care of?
Hp 11 years ago

Good questions but don't expect answers.

Good questions but don't expect answers.
Boateng 11 years ago

Think Tank, you have asked many questions, beneath your question is the fact that Ghanaians expect the Government to virtually spoon feed them.

I have sympathy for those in the Public sector; things should not be that way. ...
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Think Tank, you have asked many questions, beneath your question is the fact that Ghanaians expect the Government to virtually spoon feed them.

I have sympathy for those in the Public sector; things should not be that way. I was once a Teacher in Ghana and I can understand what you are saying. My sister is still a Teacher in Ghana and I feel her pain, her pain is my pain too!

Generally I believe Teachers deserve better but the demands for research allowances is a bunch of bull unless they are able to show Ghana what they have done so far.

Solution is for the Government to privatize most of the schools particularly the Tertiary institutions and let us see the Teachers and Lecturers making such foolish demand for research funds from their Board of Directors and Administrations!

Now the Government should privatize most of the Government runs Hospitals and let the Medical Doctors deal with their Private Owners!

As for those in Parliament, I will leave things the way you put it. Morality is bankrupt!
CORNEY 11 years ago

Blame the government for this strike mess in the country.
How can they be paying them while on strike,where will that happen apart from "wealthy Ghana"
Just stop paying them to see if they can survive for even a week withou ...
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Blame the government for this strike mess in the country.
How can they be paying them while on strike,where will that happen apart from "wealthy Ghana"
Just stop paying them to see if they can survive for even a week without their salaries and they will run back to the classroom to think of negotiating with the government.
Boateng 11 years ago

GOOD ONE THERE!

GOOD ONE THERE!

tijani 11 years ago

when they resume all the outstanding work will be cleared. if not some student will not even be graduating,, so please Isaac just shut up and live in your ignorance

when they resume all the outstanding work will be cleared. if not some student will not even be graduating,, so please Isaac just shut up and live in your ignorance
Kwaku Amankwah 11 years ago

President do nothing should take the money from Wayomie and others and pay these guys

President do nothing should take the money from Wayomie and others and pay these guys
Li 11 years ago

Government should pay the outstanding 2013/2014 R & B allowance right away and make preparation towards the payment of that of 2014/2015 academic year or else POTAG won't "play" the lectures.

Government should pay the outstanding 2013/2014 R & B allowance right away and make preparation towards the payment of that of 2014/2015 academic year or else POTAG won't "play" the lectures.
Boateng 11 years ago

What research have they done to deserve the allowance? We need their work published!

What research have they done to deserve the allowance? We need their work published!
KWAKU MANU 11 years ago

Unlike the Atuguba misjudgment we have courts in Ghana the can stand up and face the truth. We'll done.

Unlike the Atuguba misjudgment we have courts in Ghana the can stand up and face the truth. We'll done.
Concerned citizen 11 years ago

If the judge says the strike is legal, let him put down his gown and join the strikers. Or is he saying his conditions of service are ok. maybe he has no child still in school. when will all this cheap popularity stunts by th ...
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If the judge says the strike is legal, let him put down his gown and join the strikers. Or is he saying his conditions of service are ok. maybe he has no child still in school. when will all this cheap popularity stunts by the courts stop and give the people true and people centred verdicts. Yes POTAG has the right to stirke and children have no right to education.
Rukaya 11 years ago

If the strike is legal why the adjournment of court proceedings,Mr. president please something

If the strike is legal why the adjournment of court proceedings,Mr. president please something
J K A 11 years ago

I totally disagree with the judge. POTAG strike is unlawful. GOD will judge all of us one day.

I totally disagree with the judge. POTAG strike is unlawful. GOD will judge all of us one day.
Baby 11 years ago

It can only be a sad day if you deny what is due your children and chop nyafu nyafu from geeda woyome etc. God is watching

It can only be a sad day if you deny what is due your children and chop nyafu nyafu from geeda woyome etc. God is watching
Baby 11 years ago

the government cannot fool all the people all the time.The judge has spoken.

the government cannot fool all the people all the time.The judge has spoken.

Gandalf 11 years ago

I CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT THIS WHOLE STRIKE EPISODE IS AN UNNCECCESARY THING THE GOVT HAS INFLICTED WILFULLY ON THE STUDENTS AND LECTURERS. YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM [SERVICE CONDITIONS] THAT INCLUDE THIS BOOK AND RESEA ...
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I CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT THIS WHOLE STRIKE EPISODE IS AN UNNCECCESARY THING THE GOVT HAS INFLICTED WILFULLY ON THE STUDENTS AND LECTURERS. YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM [SERVICE CONDITIONS] THAT INCLUDE THIS BOOK AND RESEARCH THING. YOU ABROGATE IT UNILATERALLY AGAINST ALL NORMS AND REJECTED THEIR INPUT. WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT? AS FOR THE NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION, THEY HAVE MADE THEMSELVES IRRELEVANT AND AN UNABASHED SUPPORTER OF GOVT. THEY ARE NOT NEUTRAL AND WILL DECLARE EVERY STRIKE IN GHANA ILLEGAL. THEY ARE NOW EXPOSED. THEY MUST BOW THEIR HEADS IN SHAME AS EVEN THEIR WORKERS ARE THREATENING A STRIKE.
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

One sunny day a rabbit came out of her hole in the ground to enjoy the fine weather. The day was so nice that she became careless and a fox sneaked up behind her and caught her.
"I am going to eat you for lunch!", said the f ...
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One sunny day a rabbit came out of her hole in the ground to enjoy the fine weather. The day was so nice that she became careless and a fox sneaked up behind her and caught her.
"I am going to eat you for lunch!", said the fox.

"Wait!", replied the rabbit, "You should at least wait a few days."

"Oh yeah? Why should I wait?"

"Well, I am just finishing my thesis on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'"

"Are you crazy? I should eat you right now! Everybody knows that a fox will always win over a rabbit."

"Not really, not according to my research. If you like, you can come into my hole and read it for yourself. If you are not convinced, you can go ahead and have me for lunch."

"You really are crazy!" But since the fox was curious and had nothing to lose, it went with the rabbit. The fox never came out. A few days later the rabbit was again taking a break from writing and sure enough, a wolf came out of the bushes and was ready to set upon her.

"Wait!" yelled the rabbit, "you can't eat me right now."

"And why might that be, my furry appetizer?"

"I am almost finished writing my thesis on 'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'"

The wolf laughed so hard that it almost lost its grip on the rabbit. "Maybe I shouldn't eat you. You really are sick...in the head. You might have something contagious."

"Come and read it for yourself. You can eat me afterward if you disagree with my conclusions."
So the wolf went down into the rabbit's hole...and never came out. The rabbit finished her thesis and was out celebrating in the local lettuce patch. Another rabbit came along and asked, "What's up? You seem very happy."

"Yup, I just finished my thesis."

"Congratulations. What's it about?"

"'The Superiority of Rabbits over Foxes and Wolves.'"

"Are you sure? That doesn't sound right."

"Oh yes. Come and read it for yourself."

So together they went down into the rabbit's hole. As they entered, the friend saw the typical graduate student abode, albeit a rather messy one after writing a thesis. The computer with the controversial work was in one corner. To the right there was a pile of fox bones, to the left a pile of wolf bones. And in the middle was a large, well fed lion.

The moral of the story: The title of your thesis doesn't matter.

The subject doesn't matter.

The research doesn't matter.

All that matters is who your adviser is.
Li 11 years ago

Just made my day brighter.My thesis topic "The Superiority of Research & Book Allowance Over Salary",who would be my adviser (supervisor).

Just made my day brighter.My thesis topic "The Superiority of Research & Book Allowance Over Salary",who would be my adviser (supervisor).
Before & After 11 years ago

Semi literates are running the show so they do not understand the importance of education. When it comes to health and education, they say there is no money but when it comes to looting the state, there is money.

Semi literates are running the show so they do not understand the importance of education. When it comes to health and education, they say there is no money but when it comes to looting the state, there is money.
Abdul-Jalil 11 years ago

They're disgraceful to we the students jux as the government.

They're disgraceful to we the students jux as the government.
ADAMS JOSEPH 11 years ago

After the court issue, what are they now talking of the strike situation,are they calling it off or still indefinite

After the court issue, what are they now talking of the strike situation,are they calling it off or still indefinite
anas 11 years ago

PLEASE TOPAG, kindly return to the classroom and forget about this greedy basters. confused GOV'T with confused ministers leading mother Ghana to a confused destination, oh GOD I can't wait for 2016 to confusingly vote again ...
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PLEASE TOPAG, kindly return to the classroom and forget about this greedy basters. confused GOV'T with confused ministers leading mother Ghana to a confused destination, oh GOD I can't wait for 2016 to confusingly vote against this confused party.
NANA OSIKANI DE I 11 years ago

Pls lectures cast all your burdens unto God for he cares for you all not de Government.only God can meet your demands not human beimg. call off the strike.God richly bless you for your co-operation and commitment.

Pls lectures cast all your burdens unto God for he cares for you all not de Government.only God can meet your demands not human beimg. call off the strike.God richly bless you for your co-operation and commitment.
Yeboah 11 years ago

is mahama tryin to say there is no money in Ghana to settle POTAG? after airliftin 3million dollars to brazil without benefitin anything frm it?is NDC gov serious atall

is mahama tryin to say there is no money in Ghana to settle POTAG? after airliftin 3million dollars to brazil without benefitin anything frm it?is NDC gov serious atall
JA 11 years ago

GREAT DECISION BY THE COURT. SO NOW THE STRIKE BECOMES INDEFINITE, OR WHO CALLS IT OFF? REMEMBER THE EYEBALL TO EYEBALL STIRING GAME? LET'S SEE WHO BLINKS FIRST.

GREAT DECISION BY THE COURT. SO NOW THE STRIKE BECOMES INDEFINITE, OR WHO CALLS IT OFF? REMEMBER THE EYEBALL TO EYEBALL STIRING GAME? LET'S SEE WHO BLINKS FIRST.

Papa Yaw. 11 years ago

How

How
Avunu yeboah 11 years ago

Hmmmm only God can sav us frm dis mess frm wana lectures upon al dis u stil fail students no mercy always givin us heardache hmmm learnin no b eazy oooo

Hmmmm only God can sav us frm dis mess frm wana lectures upon al dis u stil fail students no mercy always givin us heardache hmmm learnin no b eazy oooo
KWAW KESSE 11 years ago

This is the second time POTAG has floored the NLC at court on the same issue under this Government. The Chairman of NLC is sleeping on his job and will not learn any lesson. He continues to make the Govt unpopular yet draws ...
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This is the second time POTAG has floored the NLC at court on the same issue under this Government. The Chairman of NLC is sleeping on his job and will not learn any lesson. He continues to make the Govt unpopular yet draws on fat salary and still continues at post. It is only in Ghana that this will happen. The youth MUST RISE FOR THEIR RIGHT.
Charles Agbenu 11 years ago

Book and research Allowances are part of UTAG, TEWU, NAGRAT, POTAG conditions of service
Mahama wants to withdraw these pittances whilst he and his appointees are getting ESB 80,000 cedis every 4 years apart from their SSSS ...
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Book and research Allowances are part of UTAG, TEWU, NAGRAT, POTAG conditions of service
Mahama wants to withdraw these pittances whilst he and his appointees are getting ESB 80,000 cedis every 4 years apart from their SSSS 10,000 cedis every month.
Bagbin, ET MEnsah etc have got ESB 5 times since 1992 as MPs. (5 x 80,000=400,000)
Mahama must withdraw the allowances of his useless appointees and military/police first.
Otherwise it is an insult for him to want to withdraw POTAG/UTAG/TEWU allowances
Tell Mahama and his greedy bastards not to mess up with POTAG, UTAG, NAGRAT pittances otherwise fire will burn them
originAsA 11 years ago

Potag, please change your mind.

Potag, please change your mind.
Li 11 years ago

So what's next now??

So what's next now??
asai adakudugu denis 11 years ago

I agree with potag lectures but i also suggest to them update their handouts to their students.

I agree with potag lectures but i also suggest to them update their handouts to their students.

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