Find something sweet and tell striking teachers, address their demands – Jantuah to Akufo-Addo

A private legal practitioner, Mr. Kwame Jantuah has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene to get striking teachers to return to the classrooms.

Pre-tertiary public schools in the country have abandoned the classrooms since Monday, July 4, 2022, as a result of a nationwide strike by teacher unions over the demand for Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).

Mr. Kwame Jantuah has expressed concern bemoaning how the strike is affecting students.

Speaking to TV3 in an interview on the New Day Programme, he called on President Akufo-Addo to find something sweet and tell the striking teachers to get them back into the classrooms for studies to continue.

“Find something sweet to tell them so they come back. It is a shame that our children continue to take the brunt of it. This is where the government should do something. The responsibility is not only on the people the president has put in place but the responsibility is on him,” Mr. Jantuah who is a member of the Convention People's Party said.

He added, “Let the President pick a phone and call the teachers that they should come and dialogue, you will see the change.”

The teacher unions currently on strike include the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU).

There will be a meeting between the leadership of the four unions and the Ministry of Labour and Employment Relations after two meetings that ended inconclusively.