More than 60,000 members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) are set to embark on a nationwide strike beginning March 9, 2026.
The Association says the industrial action is intended to press home its demand for the immediate implementation of its conditions of service which was concluded and approved in 2023.
Speaking at a news conference in Accra on February 19, the Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Isaac Bampoe, stated that the decision follows what he described as prolonged delays by the appropriate authorities in addressing the concerns of members.
According to him, the Association remains open to dialogue but insists that concrete steps must be taken to implement the agreed terms.
If carried through, the strike is expected to affect operations across civil and local government offices nationwide.
It is recalled that in March 2025, CLOGSAG embarked on a strike action for same reasons.
This prompted the Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Rashid Pelpuo, to call on the leadership of CLOGSAG to call off its strik.
According to the Minister, their continuous strike has impacted negatively on government businesses.
“I have had discussions with the leadership and I have told them about the need not to be on strike, but to start by doing the talking. At the moment, I am having discussions with the presidency, I am trying to understand the two ways and what they can do and ask the president representative to communicate his thinking and his idea as what he can do for them.
“I believe that CLOGSAG appreciates the situation we are in now. As a new government it is important that we don’t start by having problems with them. CLOGSAG understands the broad dimension of what is happening, they would want to go along with the President, but they have raised these issues to the effect that the man is a politically exposed person. The Head of Civil Service, who they believe he is also in that category, but I am just thinking they should call off and come to some conclusions,” he appealed in an interview with 3news in Accra on March 5.
Meanwhile, Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Isaac Bampoe Addo says, he is awaiting the Minister to respond to their petition on the need to re-assign the Registrar of Birth and Death Registry.
The CLOGSAG strike has been ongoing since February 20. Government is yet to resolve the issue.
They argued that the Registrar is politically exposed, and his position will compromise the neutrality of the Civil Service.
The sector Minister has had series of meetings with CLOGSAG to resolve the impasse. He asked them to officially petition his office to resolve the matter which has been done.
Dr. Rashid Pelpuo who was worried about the strike assured to resolve their concerns. He said President John Dramani Mahama is worried about the ongoing strike.
“The President is not happy with the strike, he hopes that it will end, he believes that if I talk to them they will get to understand me which I did. My idea was for them to continue working whilst we resolve the matter, but their idea was for me to tell the President to withdraw him whilst we start talking so that’s the point we are now,” he explained.
Dr Bampoe Addo pleaded with the sector minister to respond to their petition before they will call off the strike.
“I am concerned about Ghana, this is about Ghana. Some of these things when Ken Ofori-Atta was the finance minister when he was filling the finance ministry with party apparatchiks and goro boys, what was the end results, and we sometimes blame ourselves for not shouting louder, this time we want to shout louder,” he stressed.
“And this is a test case, should we remain silent, is not about Birth and Deaths Registry. Should we remain silent, it is going to open the flood gate. It is about Ghana” he pointed out.
Source: 3news
