A group of university lecturers and professors who are also members of the University Teachers Association, UTAG, has called on their national body to immediately call of the strike action about galamsey.
The group that calls itself the Silent Majority of UTAG, at a press conference held at the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra, on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, indicated that the NEC's decision to sacrifice the academic needs of students for a cause that is not at the core of their mandate must be abandoned with immediate effect.
It also called on UTAG to constitute a team that will monitor the implementation of the government's roadmap to addressing the galamsey menace.
The group has also asked UTAG to take leadership in inviting all Presidential Candidates including parliamentary Candidates in Mining Constituencies to sign and publicly declare their support for the national actions being taken to address illegal mining in Ghana.