The University Teachers Association of Ghana, (UTAG) has embarked on an indefinite strike action with immediate effect.

According to the President of UTAG, Dr Anthony Simon, the delays in the payment of Single Spine Salary arrears owed some senior academic members of the universities and the inability of government to meet their deadlines leaves them with no choice than to embark on the indefinite strike.

“We have done this because they [government] have arrears to be paid. On the 29 of February we had a meeting at Legon and we noted with dismay the failure of Government to meet some deadlines we set,” Dr. Simon told XYZ News.

He added that “on the 7 and the 29th February we had some deadlines for the payment of Single Spine Salary arrears of academic senior members of public universities. In spite of all this, government has not met the deadlines”.