Reverend John Ntim Fordjour is the Member of Parliament for Assin South
The Member of Parliament for Assin South and former Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has criticised government over the decision to deploy Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to disperse teachers who were picketing at the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters on Monday, June 23, 2025.
In a post on his X account on June 24, 2025, Reverend Ntim Fordjour expressed his dismay at the incident, describing the government’s action as “insensitive and intolerant.”
He questioned the rationale behind using a SWAT team against teachers who were peacefully demanding their unpaid salaries, highlighting the humiliation the educators were subjected to because of the development.
“Under President Mahama, Police SWAT is called on unpaid teachers to heckle them out of Ghana Education Service HQ for simply demanding their lawful pay. What crime did they commit to face such humiliation? What happened to the dignity of teachers? Insensitive and intolerant govt,” Reverend Ntim Fordjour wrote.
The deployment of the SWAT team occurred during a protest by hundreds of trained teachers who have not received their salaries for the past 10 months.
The teachers had converged peacefully at the GES headquarters to demand urgent action from the government regarding their unpaid arrears, which they claim have made their lives unbearable.
Some of the teachers have been seen in viral videos lamenting the decision to chase them away with the police.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Education Service has announced that concrete steps are being taken to address the concerns of the newly posted teachers, but no specific timeline for resolution has been provided.
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