Gov’t has swiftly acted on University Senior Staff Unions strike – Dr. Apaak

The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, says the government has acted swiftly on the University Senior Staff Unions’ indefinite strike action.

Three major university worker unions, the Senior Staff Association, Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), the Technical University Administrators Association of Ghana (TUAAG), and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG) have declared an indefinite nationwide strike.

According to a joint press statement, the decision follows what the unions describe as the government’s persistent failure to honour a signed agreement reached six months ago.

The agreement, which the unions say was born out of mutual consensus, was meant to improve their working conditions and ensure fair treatment of members.

“This strike is not an act of defiance, but a last-resort response to an entrenched culture of broken promises,” the unions said in a strongly worded statement issued Wednesday morning.

Responding to the development, Dr. Clement Apaak stated that the government, through his boss Haruna Iddrisu, has acted on the development.

According to him, the challenges by the Unions were inherited by the current administration it “has been handled satisfactorily”.

“I can report that the government, through the Hon. Minister of Education, has swiftly intervened. Expect a positive response from the unions in due course.

“Though an inherited problem, it has been handled satisfactorily”, the deputy minister stated in tweet on Thursday, May 22, 2025.