Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0they signed an agreement with government in November 2015 to have their arrears fast-tracked but government has violated the agreement.<\/p>\n\u201cThose arrears have not been paid, they haven\u2019t given us any information because the kind of roadmap that we drew last year November, was such that as and when teachers fill forms which are vetted by the audit service, those that have passed through the vetting process will be forwarded to the Controller and Accountant General for the payment of their monies. So we thought that was going to be followed. Unfortunately, that has not been followed through.”<\/p>\n
He said they have petitioned the National Labour Commission and will hold subsequent media briefing on the matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are expecting that by the end of this month, everybody would have been paid, and I can assure that we will advise ourselves as a labour union if that is not adhered to,”\u00a0Angel Carbonu added.<\/p>\n
On his part, the President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ernest Owusu, indicated that government has showed bad faith.<\/p>\n
“Our people are crying, they are still teaching, some of them have been teaching for close to three years, some of them four years and you pay them only three months. So looking at the pressure that is coming from within, we have no option than to embark on such an action,” he added.<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n