UEW UTAG divided over strike against court ruling

Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education, Winneba, are divided over the recent strike declared by their president. According to some of the lecturers, their President, Dr. Samuel Ofori Bekoe, did not consult them before declaring the strike.

This was triggered by last Friday’s court ruling which directed the Vice Chancellor to step aside temporarily. The spokesperson for the Concerned Lecturers, Isaac Brako, said the executives must be sanctioned for taking that arbitrary decision.

Meanwhile, the lawyer for the plaintiff challenging the eligibility of school’s Vice chancellor and other staff, Alex Afenyo Markin, argued that the executives of UTAG are in contempt of court for declaring the strike. “If a court makes an order and you disagree, you appeal it but to attempt to do anything, directly and indirectly, to undermine the integrity of the court or bring the authority of the court to disrespect will amount to contempt of the court,” he added.