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20% COLA: NAGRAT ignores Nana Addo's plea to return to the classroom

The Ghana National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has ignored the plea by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo asking the striking teachers to return to the classroom while negotiations continue with the government.

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According to NAGRAT, it will not call off its indefinite strike until the government makes a tangible proposal to their demands.

On Monday, July 4, 2022, the four (4) Unions in Education, namely Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), TEWU, and Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana, withdrew their services in all the Pre-Tertiary educational space, to back their demand for the Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA).

This involved both teaching and non-teaching staff.

Rebecca Ocran Abaidoo, the gender coordinator of NAGRAT speaking JoyNews said the association appreciates the government's invitation to the negotiation table but will not call off the strike.

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She said "We are hopeful that we would have something tangible to send to our rank and file so that we would call off the strike. (But) We are still on strike and we have not called off the strike.

"We have heard His Excellency but we need to consult our rank and file."

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