The Minister of Finance Ken Offori Atta has declared that the government will act fast in order to avoid disruptions in schools following the strike by the teachers.
The Finance Minister, speaking in an interview with TV3’s Daniel Opoku after the meeting with the striking teacher unions and the Labour Union said “we believe that the cost of living has gone up globally and therefore, we should find a forum in which we all will discuss it so that we can have the common language and move forward in peace”.
“There is a lot of work to be done but I think it can only be done properly in an environment in which we all understand each other and make sure that we don’t have agitations that will disrupt the very difficult journey that going ahead.
“We are looking forward to further engagements to avoid disruptions of the lives of our people, for example the students right now who by August should be taking exams, we will like to avoid all of these issues,“ he added.
See also “Be on a standby for any possible strike action on 5th July on the request for COLA” – Teacher Unions to Members
In responding to a question as to whether the COLA would be paid, he said all the financial implications will be considered in the upcoming meeting.
