Ghana to pay 10 months of judicial arrears
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Starr FM
Ghana’s Finance Ministry has approved the payment of 10 months of arrears to Judicial Service staff and lower-court magistrates to end their indefinite strike. Five months will be paid in November and five more in December 2026, according to the ministry statement reported by Starr FM.
Ghana’s Finance Ministry has approved the payment of 10 months of salary and allowance arrears owed to Judicial Service staff and lower-court magistrates. The payment will be made in two instalments, according to a statement signed by Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson and reported by Starr FM.
Five months of arrears, covering January to May 2026, are to be paid in November. The following five months, from June to October, are scheduled for December. The approval came on the first day of the indefinite strike launched by the Ghana Judicial Service Staff Association (JUSAG), which is demanding the implementation of its conditions of service.
JUSAG maintains that the strike will be called off only after Directive C.I. 141, which governs these conditions of service, has been fully implemented. The government’s announced payment schedule comes as discussions continue to avoid a prolonged strike, according to Starr FM.
The strike action had been announced for 2 November by the Ghana Judicial Service Staff Association. The previous day, the Ghanaian judiciary was negotiating to avoid a prolonged strike.
