{"id":34008,"date":"2014-07-23T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=34008"},"modified":"2014-07-23T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:33:11","slug":"deputy-education-minister-to-meet-with-potag-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/deputy-education-minister-to-meet-with-potag-on-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Education Minister to meet with POTAG on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, will\u00a0meet \u00a0the leadership of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) on Thursday in a bid to find a solution to end the Association\u2019s two- month old strike.<\/p>\n<p>Polytechnic teachers have been on strike since May in protest of the \u201cunwillingness on the part of government to pay their Book and Research Allowance\u201d for the 2013\/2014 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>POTAG, on Tuesday, met with members of the Parliamentary Select Committee to deliberate on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The President of POTAG, James Dugura, told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that some headway has been made after the \u201cpeaceful and healthy\u201d meeting with the Select Committee after previous unfruitful attempts to end the strike.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that the dispute would not be resolved until after a further interactions with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission after they had been briefed by the Committee.<\/p>\n<p>However, he stated that he was hopeful a favourable decision would be made in due course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the previous meetings we have been holding concerning this issue, this one was very different and POTAG was very happy about it,&#8221; Mr. Dugura said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, will\u00a0meet \u00a0the leadership of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) on Thursday in a bid to find a solution to end the Association\u2019s two- month old strike. 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