General News of Saturday, 27 August 2016Source: citifmonline.comMinistry’s response over inadequate staff concerns ‘senseless’ – UTAGFile photoThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has criticized assertions made by the Ministry of Education suggesting that public tertiary institutions have been provided with adequate staff contrary to the claims by the Association. The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Francis Gbadago, had earlier told Citi News there was no government freeze on recruitment as the universities were recently given clearance to recruit over one thousand lecturers. Francis Gbadago also asked UTAG to put in an application to request for more lecturers if they felt they were still understaffed. But in as current interview with Citi News, the President for UTAG, Harry Agbanu, said that it made no sense to make a second request when the first has not been granted. “If I had the chance to employ when and how I want, and now you have told me I shouldn’t employ and for four years I have not been able to.

Source: GhanaWeb August 27, 2016 14:48 UTC