Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has met with a group of aggrieved university graduate teachers who picketed at the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, May 7, to protest delays in postings and unpaid salaries.
The teachers are demanding immediate issuance of staff IDs for those already at post and regional posting letters for others whose documents remain stuck at various regional education offices. They blame the delays on revoked postings and stalled validation follow-ups, leaving many without salaries for nearly five months.
Minister Iddrisu explained that the previous government had issued 39,000 appointment letters without securing financial clearance, a move that has complicated the integration of new recruits into the system.
He indicated that the current administration might only be able to absorb between 9,000 and 12,000 of those appointments.
One of the affected teachers, Myers Assibi Akudbilla, recounted her challenges after being posted from Tamale to the Ashanti Region. She said her recruitment process stalled due to the revocation of postings, leaving her unpaid despite being at post.
“I received my appointment letter dated November 8 and went through the required steps, but by the time I reached the IPPD office, the revocations had begun. Now my documents are stuck at the district level, and I haven’t been paid for five months,” she said.
Emmanuel Ofori, Deputy Convenor of the group, said that after a closed-door meeting with the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), assurances were given that efforts were underway to resolve the issue.
He disclosed that GES is working with the Ministry of Finance to reactivate expired financial clearance in order to process staff IDs and release salary payments.
“Though the validation confirms our reinstatement, the delay is largely due to financial clearance lapses. The Ministry is now pursuing reactivation of the clearance to address our concerns,” he noted.
