Yagbonwura appeals to Mahama to intervene in Savannah College of Education staff strike

The Overlord of Gonjaland and Life Patron of the Savannah College of Education, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene in the ongoing strike by teaching and non-teaching staff of the institution. According to him, the industrial action, which has entered its fifth day, is a major concern for the college and the Savannah Region, and requires urgent presidential intervention to get the workers back to work. “I know and believe that my Son, the President, says yes, the challenges will be solved. So, what we need to hear from him now is to talk to his officers to address the workers’ grievances, if not all, but the major ones.

” The Overlord appealed in an interview with JoyNews through the Secretary to the Wasipe Traditional Council, Jantonwura Peter Awusi Yakubu, in Daboya. The Overlord is particularly concerned about the impact of the strike on students, with kitchen staff also joining the industrial action. He says the situation has disrupted food services at the college, leaving students without meals prepared on campus. “I heard the cooks are also on strike, and it becomes a double problem because the chiefs I sent to the college came back and told me that the school doesn’t even have food to feed the students. This is very serious. ” About 170 teaching and non-teaching staff, drawn from the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana and the Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana, are participating in the strike. The workers are demanding their migration onto the public payroll system,…