{
  "id": 1596717,
  "title": "Call off strike, give us one month to resolve payment issues – Education Minister appeals to GAUA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/call-off-strike-give-us-one-month-to-resolve-payment-issues-education",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:26:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/call-off-strike-give-us-one-month-to-resolve-payment-issues-education-minister-appeals-to-gaua/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has appealed to striking university administrators to suspend their industrial action and give the government one month to resolve outstanding payment concerns. The main issue at the centre of the dispute is the payment of a one-time research allowance owed to non-teaching senior staff of public universities. Iddrisu directed the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to submit relevant data on beneficiaries by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 18, to enable the Ministry of Finance to validate the figures and begin the payment process.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Education Minister engages university administrators over ongoing strike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/education-minister-engages-university-administrators-over-ongoing",
        "published": "2026-08-17T22:02:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}