JUSAG Declares Indefinite Strike Over Eight-Month Salary Arrears
- JUSAG has declared an indefinite strike starting Monday, January 19, 2026, over unpaid salary arrears
- The association says repeated engagements with the government over the 10% base pay increment for 2025 yielded no results
- According to JUSAG, the strike will continue until all arrears from January to August 2025 are fully paid
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The Judicial Service Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has declared an indefinite strike over salary arrears owed to its members.
According to JUSAG, the industrial action, which begins on Monday, January 19, 2026, follows the failure of the Ministry of Finance to settle the arrears.
Source: UGC
They further explained that they arrived at this difficult decision because of repeated, unsuccessful engagements with the government over the delayed implementation of the 10 per cent base pay increment approved for Judicial Service staff in 2025.
In a statement released on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, JUSAG said that despite repeated assurances from the government and the Finance Ministry, their eight-month salary arrears remain unsettled.
“Unlike other public sector workers, the implementation of the 10% base pay adjustment in related allowances was delayed until September 2025, with assurances that arrears covering January to August would be paid subsequently. Unfortunately, the Government failed to honour its promise,” the statement read.
According to a report on Citi Newsroom, the National Executive Council of JUSAG stated that the strike will remain in effect until the full payment of arrears from January to August 2025 is made.
Government to address JUSAG concerns
Meanwhile, the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has reacted to the strike action declared by JUSAG.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Kwakye Ofosu said the government is committed to resolving the concerns of JUSAG.
Despite the assurance, the minister described the association’s intended strike action as “regrettable.”
He said that although the planned strike action is undesirable, established mechanisms exist to deal with labour disputes.
“The JUSAG strike action is regrettable. It is not a desirable situation, but I am sure that there are long-established protocols and processes for addressing industrial actions, and these will be triggered to resolve whatever disputes or grievances have led to the threat of a strike or the strike itself,” he said.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who is also the Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, made these remarks in response to questions posed by journalists regarding the JUSAG strike action.
Source: UGC
CLOSAG threatens strike over salary structure
In a related development, YEN.com.gh previously reported that the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOSAG) had threatened to embark on a strike action over the government's failure to implement a unique salary structure for its members.
The workers' association claimed that all attempts to secure the comprehensive salary structure from the government had not yielded the desired outcome.
Speaking to the media on Friday, December 19, 2025, the Deputy Executive Secretary of CLOSAG, William Kojo Karikari, explained that discussions regarding the salary structure began as far back as 2018.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
