Teacher Unions across the country are demanding that government come up with a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to supplement to enable them survive the economic hardships in the country.
In a statement co-signed by the General Secretary of GNAT, Thomas T. Musah; President of NAGRAT, Eric Agbe-Cabonou; President CCT-GH, King Ali Awudu, and the General Secretary, TEWU, Mark Dankyira Korankye, the need for COLA has come about due to high cost of living.
“in recent times, Ghanaians have been experiencing incessant fuel increases, normally without advance notice; electricity is having its equal share of astronomical increases, while prices of foodstuffs and other consumables keep sky-rocketing, all to the detriment of a helpless and hapless citizen,” they stated.
They said that the take-home pay of members “does not really take them home.”
The Unions comprise of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and the Teacher and Educational Workers Union (TEWU).