The ongoing salary delays that have left thousands of nurses, teachers, and junior doctors unpaid for up to ten months are the result of poor recruitment practices and fiscal mismanagement under the previous Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration, according to the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo.
His comments follow recent street protests by frustrated health and education workers, with the Junior Doctors’ Association threatening to withdraw services if outstanding arrears are not settled soon.
Speaking to the media, October 8, 2025, Dr. Pelpuo described the situation as “unfair” but insisted that the current government had inherited the problem. “The situation is currently unfair, but it is a culmination of events that took place in the last regime before the current regime took over,” he said.
Dr. Pelpuo explained that the previous government recruited over 12,000 people into the public sector after losing the 2024 elections, neglecting to secure the necessary financial clearance to pay their salaries. “People were engaged to work without due process. For you to work and be paid, you need clearance to show that there is money in the account and that your employment has been approved. That didn’t happen in this respect.”
He further revealed that the three-month budget handed over to the new administration also failed to provide for the payment of these workers, compounding the government’s financial strain. “There is a fiscal basket that contains everything, but it did not include any effort to pay these people,” Dr. Pelpuo noted.
Despite these challenges, the minister assured the affected workers that the government is committed to resolving the issue. “We are taking it up very seriously, and I can assure the nurses, teachers, and junior doctors who are caught up in the process that we are going to respond to them before the end of the year,” he pledged.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
