The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has confirmed that its indefinite strike will remain in effect, despite a challenge from a group of 57 individuals.
In a statement, Professor Ransford Gyampo, a senior member of UTAG, asserted that the petition presented by this group during a recent press conference does not affect the strike's legitimacy.
He noted that 36 of the petitioners are not university lecturers, raising questions about their authority to challenge the association's actions.
Additionally, some lecturers listed as petitioners have publicly disavowed the initiative, claiming they were included without their consent. "There's no way 57 people who are not all lecturers can describe themselves as a silent majority of lecturers with the audacity to give an ultimatum to close to 3,000 university professors," Gyampo asserted.