POTAG STRIKE

Leaders of the Polytechnic Teachers
Association of Ghana (POTAG) have
resolved to soften their stance on
their five-week-old strike after an
emergency meeting on Saturday.
The teachers have decided to
immediately start teaching non-
tertiary students.
“We are only teaching the non-
tertiary programmes because of the
duration within which they are
supposed to be writing their exams
and leaving the campuses, ”
Anthony Ayarkwa the General
Secretary of POTAG told Joy News.
The decision comes a day after an
Accra High court had thrown out a
case brought against striking
polytechnic teachers by the National
Labour Commission.
They have also resolved to handle
other administrative responsibilities.
Mr. Ayarkwa also hinted that the
polytechnic teachers will call off their
strike if the Labour Commission
addresses their grievances within
the next week.
“If within the next seven days,
POTAG’s conditions of service are
discussed and a MoU signed,
POTAG, I believe in the wisdom and
the loyalty to the nation, we will
come back or we will suspend the
strike. ”
Source: Myjoyonline.com/Joy News