TTAG Bares Teeth at Gov’t Over Extortion Of Utility Bills From Teacher Trainees
The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has raised red flags over wanton extortion of monies from teacher trainees as payment of utility bills by some colleges of education in the country calling for government’s immediate intervention to put a stop to the ‘barbaric’ act. The association has equally called on gov’t to expedite action and ensure that sanctity prevail to see teacher trainees who have been victimized by such a ploy receives urgent compensation. At a press conference organized by the association in Accra yesterday, National President of TTAG, Sampson Tagbor criticized government for the woes of the trainees citing its inability to put proper structures in place to deal with the numerous challenges that confront the trainees presently. He noted gov’t decision to scrap off trainees allowance should not in any way overburden the trainees but rather soften the ground and the systems with regards to the College of Education. Sampson however, questioned gov’t m