The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency, Dr Hamza Adam, has called on government fastrack the process to pay the striking UTAG lecturers, the 62% of their current basic salary in the interim.
According to him, this will motivate the lecturers and bring them back to the lecture alls for academic work to resume.
“Government must do all it can to pay the lecturers the 62% of their current basic salary in the interim, which will at least restore them to the 114% that they are demanding. This will surely bring our lecturers back to the lecture theatres for academic work to resume”, he stated.
The Kumbungu legislature made these remarks on the floor of Parliament on Thursday 17, February, 2022. Dr Hamza added that government must work with UTAG to develop a roadmap suitable to both parties for the restoration of the entry-level salaries of lecturers.
He indicated that after payment of the 62% as a stopgap measure, it is important for the government to expedite action on the determination of Market premium for deserving critical skills in the public sector as identified in the 2019 Labour market survey and development of guidelines for implementation of the market premium.
He argues that, “government must work with UTAG to develop roadmap suitable to both parties for the restoration of the entry-Levey salaries of lecturers which was the Ghana Cedi equivalent of US$2,084 per month in 2012, which has since deteriorated to less than the Ghana Cedi equivalent of US$1,000,00 per month”.
Dr Hamza while calling on to develop roadmap suitable for both parties, also appeal to government to take urgent steps to end the ongoing UTAG strike action in order not to further disrupt the academic calendar in the country.
Story By: Alhassan Yakubu |www.diamondfmonline.com |Ghana
