Deputy Finance Minister, Thomas Nyarko Ampem has assured the coalition of unpaid teachers that payment of their 13-month salary arrears will be covered in the 2026 budget presentation.
This comes after the coalition protested and submitted a petition to the Finance Ministry, calling for government to settle their salary arrears.
Receiving the petition from the teachers on Tuesday, September 30, Deputy Finance Minister, Thomas Nyarko Ampem reassured the group that the payment of their salary arrears would be incorporated into the next budget presentation, scheduled to be presented to Parliament next month.
“I was a teacher, and I was posted to teach, and I was not paid for 8 months. I can relate perfectly well with all of you. The Finance Minister [Dr Ato Forson] says he sympathises with you, and he has briefed President John Dramani Mahama, and he has been given the green light to make sure he fixes your problem.
He added, “The Finance Minister will present the next budget, and he will make provision for all of you to be catered for; you should be very happy that your problem will be fixed; that is the good news. You will be paid.”
A coalition of newly posted teachers earlier today, September 30 staged a demonstration over unpaid salaries for over a year.
