University of Ghana to reopen on Wednesday

Accra (Greater Accra) 18 May ?99

Students of University of Ghana are to return to campus on Wednesday for academic work to resume the following day.

An official statement released in Accra on Monday said this follows the suspension of the industrial action by the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG).

TEWU and FUSSAG called off the strike when negotiations with the Committee of Vice- Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) started.

"In the light of these developments the Executive Committee has decided that students should be called to campus to complete outstanding work of the second semester of the 1998-99."

It said lectures would end on Friday, June four, 1999. Revision week would be from June seven to 11 and the second semester examinations would be from June 14 to June 25. The second semester ends on June 26, 1999.

The 1999/2000 academic year would start from August 23, 1999 and fresh students are to report on same date. Teaching commences on Monday, August 30, 1999.

TEWU and FUSSAG embarked on a three-week strike to press home their demand for re-negotiation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which they said had expired in October last year.

Meanwhile, a source close to the university workers told GNA that they would be having another meeting on Saturday and is likely that they would embark on another strike action.

When asked what would be the motive of the second action, he said "we are not satisfied with the modalities of the negotiations and if the outcome does not favour us, we can assure you of another aluta (strike)".

Efforts to get the chairman of the local union of TEWU and the Registrar to comment on this new development proved futile.