The Ministry of Finance says it has fully paid all 6,300 Ghana Education Service (GES) staff who were recruited in 2024 without financial clearance and has no outstanding financial clearance request from the GES pending before it.
The clarification follows an urgent appeal by the Coalition of Unpaid Newly Posted Staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) over alleged outstanding salary arrears.
In a press release issued on September 8 and signed by the Public Relations Unit, the Ministry stated that the current government in 2025 inherited 6,300 GES staff who had been recruited the previous year without financial clearance.
“To address their salary payment concerns, the Ministry secured Cabinet approval and issued the required financial clearance for payment in four tranches,” the statement said.
According to the Ministry, all staff covered under that special arrangement have been paid.
“The Ministry of Finance can confirm that all 6,300 staff covered by this arrangement have been paid,” the release stressed.
The Ministry further clarified that there are currently no requests for financial clearance from the GES awaiting action at the Ministry of Finance.
It therefore advised any staff member who still has unresolved salary or arrears issues to contact the Ghana Education Service for assistance.
“Any staff member with an unresolved salary or arrears issue is advised to contact the Ghana Education Service for assistance with the relevant payroll or administrative matter,” the release concluded.
The Coalition of Unpaid Newly Posted Staff of GES had in recent days appealed to government to settle what they described as months of unpaid salary arrears, prompting the Ministry’s response.
