By: Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei
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| Isaac Aggrey – Fynn (Chairman POTAG) |
The Cape Coast
Polytechnic chapter of the Polytechnic Teachers' Association of Ghana (POTAG)
has agreed with the ultimatum issued to government to initiate the process to
pay the book and research allowance (BRA) by April 22, 2014.
According to the
association, it was ready to embark on strike to fight and defend this legitimate allowance.
The Chairman of the POTAG Chapter Isaac Aggrey – Fynn said
the ultimatum followed the government's refusal to respond to the various
correspondence forwarded to it for the issues to be resolved.
He said although POTAG was not against the introduction
of the National Research and Innovation Fund, that fund could not replace the
BRA, which was part of POTAG's collective bargaining agreement.
He noted that the book
and research allowance is part of the basic working tools for the polytechnic
teacher which is not just given to POTAG members out of generosity or because
the government has so much money to spare but is born out of necessity and
countless negotiations between POTAG and the government.
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