The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has criticised the government for neglecting critical sectors such as health and education, citing months of salary delays for workers and the lack of infrastructure development across the country.
Speaking at the Leaders’ Media Briefing in Parliament on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Afenyo-Markin said the situation facing health workers and teachers paints a troubling picture of poor governance and misplaced priorities by the administration.
According to him, more than 200 junior doctors who have been working for nearly 10 months have still not received their salaries, while about 800 qualified medical doctors are yet to be posted. “Health sector workers have been complaining. We know that over 200 junior doctors who have worked for 10 months without salaries and more than 800 who qualify as medical doctors are still waiting,” he lamented.
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He further recalled that in October, the Junior Doctors Association threatened a nationwide strike, which would have seen the withdrawal of outpatient and emergency services in protest against the delays in salary payments. “If you forget about critical sectors of the economy your frontline workers it demonstrates a lack of priority on your part as a government,” he added.
Afenyo-Markin also expressed concern over the plight of nurses and midwives who, he said, have gone eight to ten months without pay. He accused the government of failing to make timely budgetary provisions for the sector, saying the neglect has led to widespread frustration and industrial unrest.
Touching on the education sector, the Minority Leader revealed that many qualified teachers remain unposted, while others who have been placed have gone more than eight months without salaries. “The unresolved service conditions have led to labour unrest. Newly posted teachers have gone eight months plus without salaries,” he noted.
He also criticised the government for failing to present any tangible evidence of infrastructure progress, particularly under the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). “We have not seen any infrastructure improvement, any facelift. There is no document before Parliament telling us what GETFund is doing. So far, nothing,” he stated.
Afenyo-Markin urged the government to prioritise essential sectors and fulfil its obligations to workers to restore public confidence. “The sweetness of the pudding is in the eating. From day one, we expected them to come prepared, but so far, we have not seen any effort,” he concluded.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
