Former presidential legal adviser Kow Essuman has questioned the government’s failure to settle outstanding salaries and entitlements allegedly owed to staff who served at Jubilee House under the previous administration.
In a Facebook post on Thursday night, Mr Essuman criticised the government for presenting four budget statements, including two mid-year reviews, without resolving the payments he said became due in January 2025.
He specifically questioned why former staff of the Presidency were still awaiting their arrears while employees serving under the current administration were allegedly receiving their salaries.
“Mr Finance Minister, Hon. Ato Forson, reading FOUR budgets including two mid-year reviews without paying the staff of the Presidency, who served the last administration their arrears and entitlements which fell due in January 2025, and yet paying the current staff of the Presidency, is utterly UNREASONABLE,” he wrote.
Mr Essuman described the situation as unfair and called on Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson to ensure that the affected former presidential staff receive the payments and benefits he said were owed to them.
His comments have added to the broader political debate between the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over public expenditure, the treatment of public sector workers and the handling of obligations arising from the transition between administrations.
The Ministry of Finance has not publicly responded to the allegation, and the status of the specific payments referenced by Mr Essuman could not immediately be independently verified.
