The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revealed that newly posted teachers who picketed at its headquarters on Monday, June 23, 2025, failed to inform the Service or security agencies prior to their protest.
Speaking on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the Public Relations Officer of GES, Daniel Fenyi, explained that although the teachers did not notify security as required by law, the Service still engaged them and ensured their safety.
“In the morning, they came and then in every protest, you would realize that the first thing you would do is to inform the security. However, once there is a protest, you would have to inform the security, even your own protection as a protester. And so we got to realize that no information was given to the security,” Mr. Fenyi stated.
He explained that after initial peaceful engagements, including a meeting with GES leadership in the Service’s conference room, the teachers were asked to formally present their petition, which they did.
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However, Mr. Fenyi disclosed that later in the day, tensions rose as some of the protesters became agitated and reportedly abusive.
“Some of the staff reported some physical touches, not beating, some physical touches. And so we realized that though we had already met them, had conversations, very peaceful interaction, in fact initially, we even met them in the conference room of the Ghana Education Service. However, when they got there, they got violent, abusive, and all that. So we came back to their compound,” he added.
Mr. Fenyi emphasized that despite the lack of formal notice, GES remained committed to addressing the concerns raised by the affected teachers and urged them to follow due processes in future engagements.
“So when all these processes were done and finished, when we had received their petition, aside the petition, they had even spoken directly to us as well. We had also given them our response and feedback. Later part of the day, getting to the evening, we realized some of them were getting violent. And so the police had to come in to protect them, the aggrieved parties, and us.”
The teachers had gathered at the GES headquarters in Accra to demand answers over months of unpaid salaries and delays in the issuance of Staff Identification Numbers (Staff IDs), which are necessary to process their salaries.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Hamdia Mohammed
