{"id":343245,"date":"2017-08-08T18:53:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343245"},"modified":"2017-08-08T18:53:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:53:38","slug":"unemployed-teachers-demonstrate-against-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/unemployed-teachers-demonstrate-against-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployed teachers demonstrate against gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of a group calling itself the Unemployed University trained teachers hit the streets of Accra on Tuesday to protest against government\u2019s failure to recruit them.<\/p>\n<p>The members, numbering about 50 carried placards with various inscriptions demanding immediate postings.<\/p>\n<p>The members say various attempts to get government\u2019s attention to address their concerns have been unfruitful.<\/p>\n<p>After going through some principal streets in the capital Accra, they gathered at the Arts Centre to present their petition to the Minister of Education at the Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343248 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unempoyed-teachers-2.jpg\" alt=\"unempoyed-teachers-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, one of the demonatrators, Steven Ofosu Powas said \u201cwe can\u2019t be sitting down unemployed, we must be employed now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t sit idle and see politicians parade the classroom with all manner of untrained persons in the name of YEA voluntary volunteers to go and pollute the minds of the future leaders of this country. That is unacceptable. We must stand up and resist this wicked behavior of the politicians,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343247 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/unempoyed-teachers-1.jpg\" alt=\"unempoyed-teachers-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Education Barbara Ayisi who received the petition said her ministry will dialogue with the leaders of the group to ensure that they are posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe represent your best interest. We are the ministry working assiduously so that our young people could be employed. So we don\u2019t also sleep. We are concerned about the situation but you need to have some patience. I will communicate it with the minister; everything is going to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of a group calling itself the Unemployed University trained teachers hit the streets of Accra on Tuesday to protest against government\u2019s failure to recruit them. The members, numbering about 50 carried placards with various inscriptions demanding immediate postings. 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