CLOGSAG declares nationwide strike from March 9 over delayed salary structure
19th February 2026
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has announced plans to embark on a nationwide strike beginning March 9, 2026, citing the government’s continued failure to implement a long-promised unique salary structure for its members.
Addressing the media while clad in red attire to symbolise frustration and determination, CLOGSAG’s Executive Secretary, Isaac Bampoe, warned that the industrial action would go ahead without compromise if government authorities fail to act promptly.
The decision was taken on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at a meeting of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC), convened to assess the prolonged stalemate over salary negotiations and conditions of service for civil and local government workers.
According to the NEC, discussions on the introduction of a unique salary structure date back to 2019, with two separate Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) signed over the years.
These agreements, CLOGSAG says, raised strong hopes among members that persistent salary distortions and inequities would finally be resolved.
However, the association lamented that despite repeated engagements and formal reminders to the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, there has been no concrete response or visible progress.
CLOGSAG leadership insists that the government had committed to implementing the new salary structure and revised conditions of service with effect from January 1, 2025, but has since failed to honour that pledge.
The NEC described the prolonged silence and inaction as evidence that the concerns of civil and local government staff are being treated with disregard.
In light of this, the council resolved to trigger industrial action as a last resort to compel government action.
It warned that if the impasse persists, CLOGSAG members across the country will withdraw their services in full from March 9, a move that could significantly disrupt public administration at both national and local levels.
“Notice is hereby served,” the association declared, urging the government to act swiftly to avert a shutdown of critical public sector services.