General News of Friday, 10 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghTUTAG strike: We’ll honour NLC’s directive – Labour MinisterMinister for Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour AwuahThe Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has said the government will adhere to the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) directive for qualified members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to be paid their allowances by January 29, 2020. The NLC after a meeting on Friday among other things asked the government to migrate qualified TUTAG members onto the Single Spine Pay Structure (SSSS). “It is a ruling by the National Labour Commission and we will go by it. TUTAG strike began on January 6TUTAG declared an indefinite strike on January 6, 2020, in protest of the non-payment of allowances due to its members following the conversion of polytechnics to technical universities. The Commission also directs that with this intervention, the TUTAG shall call off their strike with immediate effect and return to work.

Source: GhanaWeb January 10, 2020 20:48 UTC