Director of Field Operations for the United Party, Hopeson Adorye, has questioned the legitimacy of the Pre-Tertiary Education Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) participating in negotiations with the Education Ministry and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) over teachers’ conditions of service.
According to Mr Adorye, PRETAG’s participation should be reconsidered because the association’s change of name from the Concerned Teachers Coalition (CCT) is, he claims, currently before the court.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, he argued that until the name change is accepted by the appropriate authorities, PRETAG should not be recognised as a party in the ongoing engagements.
Mr Adorye claimed that the association previously operated under the name CCT and that the legality of its name change remains before the court.
“It used to be CCT, and the PRETAG name change is in court. Labour says until the court or the Attorney General accepts the name change, it is foreign to them,” he said.
Mr Adorye therefore questioned why PRETAG should be allowed to sit with the Education Ministry and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to negotiate on behalf of teachers.
“So why should PRETAG sit with the Education Ministry and Fair Wages to negotiate for people?” he asked, adding, “It is an illegality.”
He also urged authorities and teachers to examine their payslips to establish whether union dues for August were deducted in the name of CCT or PRETAG.
“Check their payslip and check whether even if August dues were paid in the name of CCT or PRETAG. They should make sure the right thing is done with regard to the name change,” he stated.
