134 former MMDCEs demand payment of outstanding terminal benefits from Finance Ministry
A group of former Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who served during the first term of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has petitioned the Ministry of Finance over outstanding terminal benefits they say are owed them. The former MMDCEs, whose service was extended until the appointment of new chief executives in October 2021, say 134 of them were not…
A coalition of 134 former Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who served under the first term of the previous president has warned the Ministry of Finance over unpaid terminal benefits. In a letter dated September 2, 2026, these former officeholders demanded payment for work they completed up until October 2021, when new chief executives were appointed.
The group, led by Leo-Nelson Adzidogah, argued that while their successors received terminal benefits, they themselves have yet to be compensated. The petition contends that the MMDCEs were instructed to continue working until new leaders were selected but were excluded from receiving benefits, an act deemed unfair and unequal. The affected former MMDCEs insist their continued service should not disqualify them from the benefits they believe they earned and deserve.
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