University administrators declare strike effective August 10 over market premium disparities

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) reactivated its nationwide strike effective Monday, August 10, 2026, over what it describes as persistent disparities in market premium and related allowances between teaching and non-teaching senior members in public universities. The decision was announced in a communiqué presented by the association's newly sworn-in National President, Rev. Kwaku Karikari Amoah of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), at the close of GAUA's 2026 National Congress in Sunyani on Friday, August 7, 2026.

The congress, held on the theme "Building agile universities: the role of administrative and professional staff," brought together members from public universities across the country. Delegates wore red armbands throughout the congress to protest the unfairness. The communiqué stated, "Congress noted with grave concern that the recent adjustments to market premium have created significant inequities between teaching and non-teaching senior members, despite both categories operating within the same analogous senior member structure." GAUA reaffirmed its support for improved conditions of service for teaching staff but insisted that "such improvements must not result in unfair and discriminatory treatment of non-teaching senior members."