The National Labour Commission (NLC) has been encouraged to resolve its issue with the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) outside of court by the Labour Court 1 Division of the High Court.
Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe, the presiding judge, granted the parties until Thursday, February 10, 2022, to report on the status of the out-of-court settlement. The National Labor Council was in court demanding the implementation of its orders, which had been disobeyed by public university teachers across the country.
The NLC had already ordered UTAG to end its strike, which is now in its fourth week, but this directive was not followed.
The teachers had rejected the NLC’s mandate, pushing on a settlement of their grievances. Academic work has come to a halt on public tertiary university campuses, and the academic calendar is in jeopardy.
UTAG Strike : Shutting Down Universities after 21 Days not backed by Law
His Lordship, Rockson Aboadwe, summoned the parties from open court into his chambers for an in-camera discussion when the case was called today, February 3, 2022. After the in-camera session, UTAG lawyer Kwasi Keli-Delataa told journalists that if an agreement is not reached by Thursday, the NLC will be permitted to submit its motions.
The NLC was certain that it would prevail in the dispute. Meanwhile, if the strike continues, the universities may be forced to close. Knust has also released their 2021/2022 academic calendar and the official date for the mid-semester and final semester examination date