{
  "id": 13683709,
  "title": "UTAG-UG threatens strike from October 19 over unpaid Book and Research Allowance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/utag-ug-threatens-strike-from-october-19-over-unpaid-book-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T08:56:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/education/utag-ug-threatens-strike-from-october-19-over-unpaid-book-and-research-allowance"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG-UG) branch at the University of Ghana has threatened to strike from October 19, 2026, if the government fails to pay the 2026 Book and Research Allowance by Friday, October 16. The association claims that the delay in payment is in violation of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed between UTAG and the government in 2020, which stipulates that the allowance should be paid by the end of August each year. Dr Jerry Joe Harrison, the president of UTAG-UG, and Godfred Bright Hagan, the secretary, signed the notice addressed to various government bodies, including the National Labour Commission, Employment and Labour Relations, Finance, Education, and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission. This threat follows previous warnings over the persistent delays in paying the allowance, which is crucial for lecturers' academic and research activities at the University of Ghana.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}