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Academic and administrative activities have come to a standstill at some public universities as a strike by worker unions begins.<\/p>\n
At the University for Development Studies, Tamale, for example, some students were idling; while graduates who had come to pick up their results were left stranded as administrative staff were also on strike.<\/p>\n
The strike by the four Unions according to their leadership is to compel the government to reverse its decision to pay the 2022 fuel ex-pump allowance instead of the 2021 price.<\/p>\n
Among their key concerns are the payment of vehicle maintenance and off-campus allowances.<\/p>\n
The striking Unions are the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA).<\/p>\n
They had suspended an earlier strike threat after meeting with the National Labour Commission.<\/p>\n
But following a meeting with the National Labour Commission, the unions say the government has not met its side of the bargain.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the unions said they were expecting the government to present terms of payment and other related issues.<\/p>\n