UTAG-UG Threatens Strike Over Unpaid 2026 Book and Research Allowance

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG-UG) has threatened to suspend teaching and related academic services from Monday, October 19, 2026, if the government fails to pay its members their 2026 Book and Research Allowance by Friday, October 16.

In a notice dated Friday, October 9, 2026, and sent to the National Labour Commission (NLC), the association expressed concern over what it described as continued delays in the payment of the allowance.

According to UTAG-UG, the delay amounts to a breach of the 2020 Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the association and the government. The agreement requires the allowance to be paid by the end of August each year.

The association has therefore given the government until October 16 to settle the outstanding payments, warning that failure to meet the deadline will compel its members to withdraw their teaching and other related services from the following Monday.

The notice was signed by UTAG-UG President, Dr Jerry Joe Harrison, and copied to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the Ministers responsible for Employment and Labour Relations, Finance, and Education, as well as the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission and the national leadership of UTAG.

The planned industrial action could affect lectures and other academic activities at the University of Ghana if the government fails to pay the allowance within the stipulated period.