A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has reminded President John Dramani Mahama about the agreement he signed with organised labour prior to the 2024 general elections to tackle illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey).
He was commenting on the meeting that the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) held with President Mahama this week.
Throwing more light on this meeting on TV3’s Key Points, Saturday January 25, Prof Gyampo indicated that “we reminded the President about the pact he signed to address galamsey. Because the president himself signed the pact, we hope and believe that he will not disappoint.”
The delegation took the opportunity to discuss issues of critical importance with the Vice President. Specifically, pressing challenges facing higher educational institutions and the nation were discussed.
Issues discussed included; infrastructure deficits that hamper the academic and administrative functions of universities, high student-to-lecturer ratio affects the quality of teaching and learning, deteriorated conditions of service of University Staff, poor national research funding undermines innovations and knowledge transfer, legal framework for the Ghana Universities Superannuation Scheme (GUSSS), fight against illegal mining (galamsey) and its negative environmental impacts and national security challenges and issues of peace.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang expressed her gratitude to UTAG and TUTAG for the congratulatory message and assured the Associations of government’s commitment to addressing the challenges discussed.
