The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that all 6,300 Ghana Education Service (GES) staff recruited in 2024 without financial clearance have been paid.
The clarification comes amid concerns raised by the Coalition of Unpaid Newly Posted Staff of the Ghana Education Service over alleged outstanding salaries and arrears.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the Finance Ministry explained that the affected staff were among 6,300 GES employees inherited by the government in 2025 after they had been recruited the previous year without the required financial clearance.
Government secured clearance to pay GES staff
According to the Ministry of Finance, steps were taken to resolve the payment difficulties after the government assumed office.
The Ministry said it secured Cabinet approval and subsequently issued the necessary financial clearance to facilitate payment to the affected GES staff.
The payments were processed in four tranches as part of the arrangements to regularise the salaries of the 6,300 employees.
The Finance Ministry stressed that the process has now been completed.
“The Ministry of Finance can confirm that all 6,300 staff covered by this arrangement have been paid.”
The Ministry also rejected suggestions that outstanding financial clearance requests from the Ghana Education Service are still awaiting action.
It clarified that there are currently no requests for financial clearance from the GES pending before the Ministry of Finance.
This means that, according to the Ministry, any salary or arrears concerns still being experienced by individual staff members are not due to an outstanding financial clearance request at the Finance Ministry.
Affected GES staff directed to contact GES
Despite the confirmation that all 6,300 staff covered by the arrangement have been paid, the Finance Ministry acknowledged that individual workers may still have unresolved salary or arrears-related concerns.
Staff who continue to experience such problems have therefore been directed to contact the Ghana Education Service for assistance.
The Ministry said the outstanding cases, where applicable, may relate to individual payroll or administrative matters that require verification and resolution by the GES.
Clarification follows concerns over unpaid salaries
The Finance Ministry’s statement follows an urgent appeal by the Coalition of Unpaid Newly Posted Staff of the GES over alleged unpaid salaries and arrears.
The coalition’s concerns had renewed attention on salary delays affecting newly recruited education-sector workers and the administrative processes required to place them on the government payroll.
The latest clarification from the Finance Ministry is therefore expected to provide reassurance to the affected 2024 GES recruitment cohort while directing workers with individual outstanding claims to the appropriate institution.
For the 6,300 staff covered by the government’s special payment arrangement, the Finance Ministry says its part of the process has been completed, with all affected employees paid.
