A group of newly-posted Ghanaian teachers are expected to embark on a strike action in demand for their reported unpaid salaries.
The teachers announced they will be demonstrating on September 23, citing purported delays in the payment of their salaries as basis for their planned strike action.
Members of the aggrieved teachers group include graduates from Colleges of Education and universities.
They claimed they have gone unpaid for 12 months and eight months, respectively.
The teachers described their salaries situation as “devastating”.
According to the teachers, they are struggling to meet basic needs such as rent, food, medical expenses, and utility bills.
Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Accra, the lead convener of the group, Simon Kofi, said “Many of us can no longer pay our rent, which is overdue. We are unable to settle our utility bills, and even basic needs such as food and medical bills, which have resulted in some of our colleagues losing their lives in recent times.”
He therefore appealed to Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama to intervene and get the Ministry of Finance to release the funding needed to settle their salaries.
According to him, “We know that His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama, the President of Ghana, is a listening president. We humbly call for his urgent intervention to ensure that the Ministry of Finance releases the necessary funds to pay our arrears and salaries without further delay.”
Source:Africa Publicity