Northern Chapter of NAGRAT has issued press conference on 5th July strike action

The leadership of the Northern Regional Chapter of the National Association of Graduate Teachers NAGRAT has officially issued their press conference on the impending strike action that teachers are to embark on 5th July 2022. This has come as a result of the NEC meeting on the 17th of June 2022. The outcome of the … Read more

Gov’t plans to pay teachers COLA allowance – Finance Minister

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Offori Atta has disclosed that the fiscal deficit of the country is going to widen as the government takes plans to pay teachers Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). In a newspaper covered by Economy Times on Tuesday, 14th June 2022, the minister stated that the government has strengthened … Read more

Teachers should have demanded salaries increments and not COLA – NPP secretary

The Bono Regional secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party has stated that Teachers cannot embark on indefinite strike just because of the Cost of Living Allowance as claimed by some teacher unions. Speaking on Radio the Bono Regional NPP secretary Mr. Boakye stated clearly that he has not seen any reason why some teachers … Read more

Fair wages to meet stakeholders to determine payment of COLA allowance demanded by teachers – Head of salaries Commission.

The fair wages and Salaries Commission to meet at a round table with stakeholders to determine whether the 20% Cost of living Allowance COLA demanded by the various Teacher unions will be paid. The National Association of Graduate Teachers NAGRAT and the Ghana National Association of Teachers GNAT has threatened to embark on a series … Read more

NAGRAT has called for 2023 base pay negotiation to kick start before the end of 30th June 2022

The leadership of the National Association of Graduate Teachers NAGRAT has threatened to embark on strike if the government fails to commence the payment of Teachers’ Cost of living Allowance COLA. Speaking to the media the vice president of NAGRAT, Jacob Annaba explained many reasons for their demand for the allowance including the economic hardship … Read more

Grant teachers the 20% COLA allowance before the end of June or face strike action – GNAT

The management of the Ghana National Association of Teachers GNAT has asked the government to grant teachers their 20% COLA allowance before the end of June or risk facing strike action of about 240,000 teachers. According to the General Secretary of GNAT Mr. Thomas Musah, the current habitual idle attitude of the government is affecting … Read more