The University Teachers Association of Ghana's (UTAG) National Executive Committee (NEC) is set to meet tonight to deliberate on its next course of action, despite Organised Labour's decision to call off the planned strike action against illegal mining, which was scheduled for October 10.
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Ransford Gyampo, President of the University of Ghana (UG) Chapter of UTAG, made this known in a statement released today. "UTAG NEC meets over this tonight, and given the overwhelming support we have given to the fight against illegal mining via the voting outcomes of the public universities across the country, let us brace ourselves to be the only conscience of the nation in the fight against the existential threat that confronts all of us." He criticised the leadership of Organised Labour for softening its stance on the industrial action, describing their decision to suspend the strike as premature and disappointing. "We were called to a meeting to get a briefing about some new proposals government had made in response to our demand that illegal mining be addressed," Gyampo state.
The lecturer detailed some developments that ensued at the meeting held today to address new government proposals on illegal mining.