{"id":278530,"date":"2016-12-21T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=278530"},"modified":"2016-12-21T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:53:48","slug":"gimpa-lecturers-threaten-strike-over-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/gimpa-lecturers-threaten-strike-over-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMPA lecturers threaten strike over appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior lecturers and administration officials at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have served notice they will lay down their tools from \u00a0February 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the Institute say they will not teach or enter marks on the school\u2019s score entry system if various acting top positions in the school are not filled.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the school has no Deputy Rector with several other appointees in acting positions.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sighted <strong>citifmonline.com<\/strong>, the President of the Senior Members Association, Stanley Coffie described the situation as totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cmembers are very unhappy about the deliberate efforts by Management, the Academic Board and Council to keep GIMPA at a competitive disadvantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cno other tertiary institution in Ghana suffers from such disarray at the top level as found at GIMPA\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Association President, Stanley Coffie concluded by saying, faculty members had not taken the decision to withdraw their service lightly; but the situation leaves the members with no other option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GIMPA staff calls for dissolution of Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The staff of GIMPA<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/19\/gimpa-staff-on-red-monday-protest-until-council-is-dissolved\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> earlier called fo<\/strong>r<\/span><\/a> a dissolution of the Council for what they claimed is the mismanagement of the Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The staff had been agitating for the dissolution of the Council for what they claim is the mismanagement of the Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Felicia Osei\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior lecturers and administration officials at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) have served notice they will lay down their tools from \u00a0February 1, 2017. 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