CETAG lamented that despite a directive by the National Labour Commission (NLC), asking the Ministry of Finance to pay the arrears within two weeks, it is yet to be paid.

Speaking in a Citi News interview, the National Secretary of CETAG, Prince Obeng-Himah, said the Ministries of Finance and Education have not been fair to them.

[contextly_sidebar id=”38NhzguTjnJvuscrAgcYRDg7nHoUYYzI”]“We forwarded our particulars after the new minister came into office through the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Education, and the responses we were getting weren’t satisfactory. So we wanting to be law abiding appealed to the National Labour Commission to intervene. After months of appearance and hearing, the NLC came out with a ruling on 4^th of October.”

“The ruling was very clear and unequivocal, and stated that the people should liaise with one another – the Ministries of Finance and Education – and effect payments of the arrears to the teachers within two weeks. Up to this time, they are yet to comply. And we think that is unfair,” he said.

Obeng-Himah lamented that, supposing the NLC’s ruling had gone against CETAG, members of the group couldn’t have defied it, hence government must give reasons why it has failed to adhere to the directive.

“Supposing that the ruling had gone against us as a union that we should for instance go back to the classroom to work, we couldn’t have stayed home from 4^th to this time without complying. We are saying that the ruling said all those processes ought to have gone on within two weeks leading to the payments of the salary arrears. So we did not find the explanation they gave us as satisfactory,” CETAG’s National Secretary added.

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By: Godwin A. Allotey & Marie-Franz Fordjoe/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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The American, ranked one in the world, won 6-3 6-3 at Flushing Meadows in New York.

After a poor start from both players, Williams steadied herself to take the first set and found something approaching her best form to dominate the second.

The victory moves her to joint-fourth in the all-time list of major winners, alongside Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.

Williams, 32, has now won three successive titles at the US Open, the scene of her first Grand Slam triumph 15 years ago.

“It was a really wonderful feeling,” said Williams, who was joined by Navratilova and Evert for the trophy presentation, when she also collected US$4m in prize money.

“I couldn’t have finished things in a better way. It is a pleasure for me to win here, I am really emotional. I couldn’t ask to do it at a better place.”

Wozniacki, a close friend of Williams, said: “Congratulations to Serena. She really deserved it today and played better than me.

Navratilova and Evert presented Williams with a gold bracelet to mark her

“She is an inspiration to me on and off the court and an unbelievable friend – and you definitely owe drinks later!”

Williams arrived in New York having failed to make it past the fourth round of a Grand Slam in 2014, but the American looked a class apart throughout the two weeks at Flushing Meadows.

Her dominance was such that she won the title without dropping a set, or more than three games in a single set.

The case for Wozniacki heading into the final centred around the Dane’s improved form this summer, which saw her push Williams to three sets twice before reaching her first Grand Slam final for five years.

Wozniacki needed a strong start, however, and two double faults in her opening service game did not bode well.

The 10th seed was fortunate that Williams was also struggling in the early stages, the American thumping a second serve well long to drop serve for the second time in game five.

But it was Williams who came out on top of five consecutive breaks before finally holding for a 5-2 lead, and converting her second set point after 40 minutes.

Wozniacki’s athletic defensive skills had not been enough to win a set in which Williams was making just 41% of first serves and, sure enough, the American stepped up her game in the second.

Williams broke straight away, albeit thanks in part to a cruel net cord, and went close to moving 3-0 in front after a fabulous forehand winner.

It took 61 minutes for Wozniacki to hit her second winner of the match, a second ace, and she simply did not have the firepower to trouble the world number one.

A breathless 26-shot rally finally gave the 22,000 spectators a contest to engage with, but it took Williams to within two points of victory and there was no way back for Wozniacki.

Williams thumped her 29th winner of the afternoon to earn match point, and fell back onto the court in celebration when Wozniacki sent the ball long over the baseline.

Williams had beaten Wozniacki in eight of their previous nine meetings

Wozniacki hit just four winners during the match, with three of those aces

Defending champion Williams hit seven aces and 29 winners against Wozniacki

Williams becomes the second player in the Open Era to win three consecutive US Open titles, with Chris Evert winning four on the trot in the 1970s

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Source: BBC Sport

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The 2013 Wimbledon finalist hit the serve in the 11th game of the first set against Ana Ivanovic, who would go on to win the match 7-6 (7-2) 6-1.

Venus Williams had set the previous record of 129mph at the 2007 US Open.

“Well at least I broke the world record for fastest serve,” Lisicki said on Twitter  after Tuesday’s match.

In Washington, British number one Heather Watson suffered a first-round exit at the Citi Open.

The 22-year-old from Guernsey lost 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-3) to Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, ranked nine places higher at 47 in the world.

Watson, who has risen from 113 in the world at the start of the year, won the doubles title in Baku last week but since Wimbledon has lost in the first round of singles in both Baku and Washington.

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Source: BBC Sport

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