The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has blamed the previous administration for the ongoing salary delays affecting thousands of nurses, teachers, and junior doctors, stating that the situation is a result of poor recruitment practices and fiscal indiscipline under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo-Bawumia regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His comments come in response to recent street protests by frustrated health and education workers who say they have worked for up to 10 months without pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Junior Doctors\u2019 Association has also threatened to withdraw its services if the arrears are not cleared soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, Dr. Pelpuo described the development as \u201cunfair\u201d but stressed that the problem was inherited<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe situation is currently unfair, but it is a culmination of events that took place in the last regime before the current regime took over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople were engaged to work without due process. For you to work and be paid, you need clearance to show that there is money in the account and that your employment has been approved. That didn\u2019t happen in this respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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