{"id":44416,"date":"2014-09-03T11:48:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T11:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=44416"},"modified":"2014-09-03T12:11:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T12:11:48","slug":"utag-calls-off-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/utag-calls-off-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"UTAG calls off strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has called off its five-week strike.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced after leadership of the Association met their members to convey the outcome of the association&#8217;s deliberations with government on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>UTAG withdrew their services to demand the payment of the research and book allowance.<\/p>\n<p>But a statement signed by the association\u2019s National President, Samuel Ofori Bekoe, said their decision follows \u201ca Memorandum of Understanding signed between UTAG and government on the payment of the 2013\/2014 Book and Research Allowance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement also government showed \u201cwillingness to negotiate with UTAG on its conditions of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teachers had demanded a lump-sum payment for their book and research allowance for both last year and the impending academic year.<\/p>\n<p>National President of UTAG, Dr. Samuel Ofori Bekoe in an earlier interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said: \u201cIf they say they are going to pay in September then we are taking for the past and current academic year. 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