PAY POTAG'S AUGUST SALARY !!!

By: Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei

Below is the Press Statement:

Mr. Isaac Aaggrey Fynn (Local Chapter Chairman)

The Government have been urged to pay Polytechnic teachers their salaries for the month of August by September 5, 2014, else they will advise themselves.

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE NON-PAYMENT OF AUGUST 2014 SALARIES OF CAPE COAST POLYTECHNIC POTAG MEMBERS ON SEPTEMBER 02, 2014 AT THE CAPE COAST POLYTECHNIC

Cape Coast Polytechnic Local POTAG at an emergency meeting on September 2, 2014, resolved that if by Friday, September 5, 2014, our Azugust 2014 salaries are not paid as promised by the Ministers of Education and Employment and Labour Relations, we will advise ourselves.

We want to condemn the breach of trust on the part of the Ministers of Education and Employment and Labour Relations. It is worthy of note that they had promised us they have not given any directive for our salaries to be withheld. On the contrary, all non-teaching staff of the Polytechnic have been paid their salaries with the exception of POTAG members which suggests that they have exhibited bad faith in their dealings with us contrary to the labour law and the ruling of the HIgh Court over the legality of our strike action.

We wish to call on all the relevant stakeholders: National Labour Commission, National Security, The Chief Justice, Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, Christian Council of Ghana, Catholic Bishops Conference, Office of the Chief Imam, Ahmadiya Muslim Mission, Trades Union Congress, Parents, and the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students to impress on Government to pay our salaries by Friday, September 5, 2014, to prevent the present agitations and disaffection among POTAG members of the Cape Coast Polytechnic and all POTAG members nationwide or we advise ourselves.

By our resumption from the legal strike, all the backlog of work we were supposed to have carried out before the strike have commenced with all speed and good faith. These include Project supervision, industrial attachment supervision, examination moderation and invigilation. The question remains “Why should the Controller and Accountant General’s Department withhold our salaries contrary to what we have been told by the Ministers of Education and Employment and Labour Relations?”

We pray that there will be a quick resolution on this matter to ensure the smooth running of the Polytechnic and maintain industrial harmony.

Long live POTAG,

Long live Polytechnic Education,

Long live Ghana.

MR. ISAAC AAGGREY FYNN

(POTAG LOCAL CHAIRMAN)

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