Ghana prepares financial meeting to resolve judicial strike
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ghana’s Justice Minister Dominic Ayine is to take judicial staff’s demands to Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson in an attempt to resolve the nationwide strike. He says allowances provided for under the 2025 regulations will be prioritised at their meeting, MyJoyOnline reports.
Ghana’s Justice Minister, Dominic Ayine, is due to meet Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson on Thursday to examine the demands of striking judicial staff, MyJoyOnline reports. Ayine said the demands would be at the centre of their meeting, as part of efforts to end the nationwide action by the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG).
JUSAG Secretary-General Abdulai Yakubu described his meeting with Ayine as productive and said the association’s officials would consider his call to return to work pending discussions with the Finance Minister. JUSAG’s leadership will decide whether to suspend the strike after the meeting.
Ayine recalled helping to secure the passage of the C.I. 141 of 2025 regulations, which govern the conditions of service for judicial staff. He also said he had submitted a legal opinion to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission confirming, in his view, the legitimacy of JUSAG’s demands for the allowances provided for under the regulations.
The strike by Ghanaian judicial staff is continuing despite negotiations aimed at avoiding prolonged action. JUSAG maintained its nationwide strike action on 2 November.
