The Senior Staff Association of Public Universities in Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) have initiated an indefinite strike, citing the government’s blatant disregard for their welfare.
The strike is in response to the government’s failure to address issues related to pensions and the alleged improper cancellation of their overtime allowance.
Isaac Donkoh, the National Chairman of SSA-UoG, announced the decision at a News Conference held at the University of Ghana in Accra.
Mr Donkoh emphasized that the government bears responsibility for any consequences resulting from their actions.
The key demands include the immediate release of tier 2 pension arrears to fund managers since February 2023, payment of accrued interest at a three percent rate, recalculation of accrued interest from 2010 to 2016, payment of outstanding arrears to pensioned staff from 2020 to 2023, and the withdrawal of letters dated November 7th and 20th, 2022, by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) respectively.
Donkoh concluded by instructing their members to stay at home until further notice, declaring a work stoppage effective immediately.
“As leadership, we are forced to declare indefinite strike action. The reason is that the government has failed to release our tier 2 pension to our fund managers since February 2023. So we are asking the government to as a matter of urgency to release all the outstanding arrears to our fund managers and also pay the accrued interest
with a three percent interest rate.
“We are also again asking the government to do a recalculation on the accrued interest between the years 2010 and 2016 as we all agreed on July 25th 2022. We are also asking the government as a matter of urgency to pay all outstanding arrears to our staff who are on pension from 2020 to 2023. Then, lastly, we are calling on the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to withdraw the letter dated 7th November and 20th November respectively.”
“On this note, we are, therefore, directing our rank and file to stay at home until further notice. From today, nobody should go to work until further notice,” he said.