Kow Essuman accuses Finance Minister, AG of ignoring letters over unpaid entitlements
Former legal counsel to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman, has criticised the Attorney-General and Finance Minister for failing to respond to his demands for payment of outstanding salary arrears and end-of-service benefits. Mr Essuman’s lawyers, Vint & Aletheia, had written to Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson demanding payment of his outstanding salary arrears and terminal benefits by Friday, September 11, 2026, or face legal action. The letter said his entitlements included four months’ consolidated salary for every completed year of service, an installation grant equivalent to one month’s salary, and a resettlement grant equivalent to one month’s salary for each year or fraction of a year served. The lawyers described the continued withholding of the benefits as “arbitrary, discriminatory, unfair and unlawful”, arguing that other public officeholders had received their entitlements. In an interview with JoyNews’ Gemma Appiah, Mr Essuman said he had sent a formal notice to the Attorney-General and copied the Finance Ministry, but neither office had responded. “So, have I sent a notice to the Attorney-General? Yes. I've sent a notice to the Attorney-General. And I copied the Finance Ministry. Of course, none of them responded,” he said.