Ghost names blues… More public sector workers paid — Head of Govt Payroll

Ghana’s Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has released the salaries of 9,234 public sector workers who did not receive their salaries in April 2017.

The 9,234 were among the 26,589 public sector workers whose salaries were withheld last month following their failure to validate their data with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

According to the Head of Payroll at the CAGD, Mr George Kofi Baah, the salaries were released last Thursday.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, Mr Baah said “the remaining affected workers are currently going through the validation process with SSNIT. They will be paid at the end of this month, together with their May salaries, when SSNIT clears them”.

Comply with directive

He urged public sector workers to comply with the directive from the Ministry of Finance to biometrically register with SSNIT.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has apologised to public sector workers who were not paid last month, in spite of the fact that they had registered with SSNIT.

He said two directors at the Ministry of Finance were also affected.

He was, however, emphatic that the exercise to clean the payroll of ghost names to save the public purse was on course.

The minister said the government was committed to ridding the public payroll of ghost names and, accordingly, urged labour unions to support the government in that regard.

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has released the salaries of 9,234 public sector workers who did not receive their salaries in April 2017.

The 9,234 were among the 26,589 public sector workers whose salaries were withheld last month following their failure to validate their data with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

According to the Head of Payroll at the CAGD, Mr George Kofi Baah, the salaries were released last Thursday.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, Mr Baah said “the remaining affected workers are currently going through the validation process with SSNIT. They will be paid at the end of this month, together with their May salaries, when SSNIT clears them”.

 

Source: graphic.com.gh