30-11-2010
The Upper East Regional Council of the National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT, at a meeting in Bolgatanga has observed that their migration unto the Single Spine Salary Structure is long overdue and its high time the Fair Wages Commission (FWSC) adhere to their road map since they can no longer stay calm as requested by the National officers of the association. According to the Regional Chairman of the Association, John Brown Chiravira, the welfare of teachers in the country has been taken for granted over the years. He said the Regional Council members have observed with concerns statements made on Joy Fm on November, 3rd 2010 by the Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salary Commission, George Smith Graham and subsequent press releases by the National office of NAGRAT asking teachers to exercise restraint. To him, the continuous postponement of uploading teachers onto the SSSS is a source of worry to the association and that efforts must be made to ensure that teachers are hooked up unto the pay policy in December, this year. Mr. Chiravira also described pronouncements by the FWSC to the effect that the migration of the remaining public workers onto the SSSS will be in March 2010, as unfortunate, adding that, leadership is not happy about the statement since it is causing instant fear and panic among the rank and file of the Association. The Association he indicated would be forced to lay down their tool if the implementation of the Single Spine for teachers is postponed beyond December 2010. This, he said, is in strict compliance to the release issued by the National office of the association to that effect. Speaking of behalf of the Regional Office, Mr. Chiravira called on teachers in the country to prepare themselves for a showdown if GES and the FWSC fail to upload them onto the spine come December, 2010.
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