The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has slammed government over its handling of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) strike, accusing it of neglecting workers at home while preaching reparation abroad.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, November 6, 2026, he questioned how government could champion reparatory justice when it cannot pay its own workers.
“You are talking about reparation, but in your own country, you cannot pay your domestic workers,” he said.
Mr Afenyo-Markin said the strike has grounded the justice delivery system and urged government to treat the matter with urgency.
“Government must show more seriousness. How can an entire justice delivery system be shut down because the government does not consider it a priority?
This government seems not to care about the welfare of the ordinary worker,” he said.
He, therefore, called on the Attorney-General to appear before Parliament without delay to update the House on the impasse.”
The Attorney-General must be programmed urgently to come and address this House,” he added.
JUSAG began an indefinite strike on Monday, November 2, 2026, over government’s failure to approve a proposed review of salaries and related allowances for Judicial Service staff.
The association has insisted it will not end the strike until government approves the Judicial Council’s advice on its conditions of service.
