The Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana (TTAG) says it does not agree with the measures from the National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) to allow its members to fund their own feeding.
The association warned that PRINCOF’s decision to ration food to its members may pose a national security threat.
Speaking on the Joy News’ Super Morning Show, the Association’s President, Jonathan Dzunu, stated that the students, if starved, would be compelled to picket against the decision.
“This issue is an issue of national concern so government should do something about it. If we allow this to happen and care is not taken, this will be an issue of national security.
“Because you’re sending over 20,000 students to the various campuses to get starved. Do you think there will be calm? No! Do you think there will be peace, No! and this is where we don’t want to get to,” he said.
Mr Dzunu who is not too happy about the decision questioned how students who cannot fend for themselves will survive if the feeding components are not paid.
“As students, we don’t agree with the measures,” he said.
“Where would the students get the money from to cater for their feeding when this is abolished? Our allowances are not being paid, our feeding components are not being paid, and students equally do not have the money. So if they are asking them to go out there and feed themselves, how would they do that?” he quizzed.
This comes after the National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, directed that teacher trainees start to fund their own feeding from May 8.
