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[ 2016-08-27 ]
Ministry’s response over inadequate staff concerns ‘senseless’ – UTAG The University Teachers Association of Ghana
(UTAG), has criticized assertions made by the
Ministry of Education suggesting that public
tertiary institutions have been provided with
adequate staff contrary to the claims by the
Association.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry,
Francis Gbadago, had earlier told Citi News there
was no government freeze on recruitment as the
universities were recently given clearance to
recruit over one thousand lecturers.
Francis Gbadago also asked UTAG to put in an
application to request for more lecturers if they
felt they were still understaffed.
But in as current interview with Citi News, the
President for UTAG, Harry Agbanu, said that it
made no sense to make a second request when the
first has not been granted.
“If I have requested for twenty people and I
have to wait for about four months to six months
and at the end of the day I am given three, what
sense does it make for me to request again for the
other seventeen that is left and wait for another
six months? Does this make sense?”
Harry Agbanu further added that, since it took
government six months to process a request made
for additional staff and four years to actually
recruit new lecturers, then the association can
call it a ban.
“If I had the chance to employ when and how I
want, and now you have told me I shouldn’t
employ and for four years I have not been able to.
Is that not a ban? Now you are telling me that
when I need to employ, I should seek permission
from you and just yesterday, you decided that now
if I want then I should go through a process
before. Is it not a ban?” Source - citifmonline.com
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