{
  "id": 11954988,
  "title": "Government must authorise Controller to pay salaries of newly promoted teachers – GNAT",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/government-must-authorise-controller-to-pay-salaries-of-newly",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-04T15:48:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/government-must-authorise-controller-to-pay-salaries-of-newly-promoted-teachers-gnat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Tanko Musah, has called on the government to authorise the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department to pay salaries to newly promoted teachers. Musah stated that the teacher unions were assured during negotiations that promoted teachers would not have to submit additional documents for salary adjustments, but this assurance has not been fulfilled. He emphasized that the government, not the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department, is responsible for ensuring that the funds are released to the affected teachers. This dispute arises from the fact that teachers are employees of the government, not the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department, which merely handles the payment of their salaries on behalf of the state.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}