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.
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.
“Mr Finance Minister, Hon. 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.
According to Essuman, while employees serving under the current administration have received their salaries and benefits, staff who served in the Akufo-Addo administration are still awaiting payment of their outstanding arrears and entitlements.
He urged the government to honour its financial obligations, insisting that former public servants who duly served the state should receive the benefits owed to them without further delay.