Haruna Idrissu faces picketing teachers at the Ministry of Education premises

The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has addressed immoderate assemblage postgraduate teachers who picketed astatine the forecourt of the Ministry of Education connected Tuesday, May 7, 2025.

The aggrieved teachers thronged the premises successful ample numbers to request unit IDs for teachers already astatine posts.

Haruna Idrissu opens up to the unpaid teachers' actions by the government. Photo credit: @Joy News/Facebook
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They bemoaned the hold successful the validation process, which they said had resulted successful 5 months of unpaid salaries.

Responding to the concerns raised by the aggrieved teachers, Haruna Iddrisu stated that the Ministry did not person fiscal clearance for the 39,000 teachers who had been posted by the erstwhile government.

"So whoever misled oregon deceived you, it wasn't the John Mahama and Haruna Iddrisu administration. Somebody astir apt deceptively got a fig of radical unknowingly tied to immoderate signifier of recruitment, which was not legitimately approved. So we are auditing to corroborate that you person the close qualifications, are entitled to the appointment, and are really astatine post. From there, we volition prime those we tin sorb wrong the budget."

He explained that the authorities could not sorb each 39,000 teachers, and that a validation process would beryllium carried retired to find which teachers could beryllium employed successful the meantime.

The Tamale South MP added that until the validation was complete, helium could not supply immoderate further assurances.

“When you rise this issue, I person to respond. Appointment letters were issued to arsenic galore arsenic 39,000 radical erstwhile determination was nary fiscal clearance. That is problematic. The authorities tin sorb 9,000, 11,000, oregon possibly 12,000—but surely not 39,000."If that workout is not complete, past I person nary communicative to archer you. You volition person to beryllium diligent until we decorativeness the validation exercise,” helium told the aggrieved teachers."

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Source: YEN.com.gh