General News of Sunday, 11 September 2016Source: citifmonline.comNAGRAT chides Mahama over scrapped trainee allowancesPresident John Dramani MahamaThe National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has expressed its disappointment with President John Mahama resolve not to restore teacher trainee allowance even if it meant losing the elections. President Mahama on Thursday tweeted saying: “On the matter of trainee teacher allowances, better to lose on principle than win using falsehood. #UCC Forum.”But the NAGRAT President, Christian Adai Poku retorted, “If the principle is not going to help the system, you don’t stick by the principle and say I am gambling my political career with it. Government explained that the policy of trainee allowances was to be replaced by a student loan scheme which was available for all degree awarding institutions. Teacher trainees subsequently vowed to vote against the NDC government if it failed to restore the payment of their allowances before the 2016 general elections.

Source: GhanaWeb September 11, 2016 06:33 UTC