Pay former Presidency staff their arrears – Kow Essuman tells Ato Forson

Ato Forson, reading FOUR budgets including two mid-year reviews without paying the staff of the Presidency, who served the last administration their arrears and entitlements which fell due in January 2025, and yet paying the current staff of the Presidency, is utterly UNREASONABLE,” he wrote.

In a Facebook post on Thursday, July 23, 2026, Essuman described the situation as “utterly unreasonable,” arguing that the Finance Minister had presented four budgets, including two mid-year budget reviews, without paying benefits that became due in January 2025.

Former Legal Adviser to ex-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Abaka Essuman, has criticised Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson over the government’s failure to settle outstanding arrears and entitlements owed to staff of the Presidency who served under the previous administration.