Finance Ministry to clean up ‘ghost names’

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• EZEKIEL 12 years ago

  There's SO MUCH ROT in the civil service that DELAY IN ANY PROPER ACTION, for even 14 days, is a HUGE LOSS!!!
  Ghost workers on PAYROLL ! No doubt, we get NOTHING done on schedule BUT the MONEY is GONE !!!

  There's SO MUCH ROT in the civil service that DELAY IN ANY PROPER ACTION, for even 14 days, is a HUGE LOSS!!!
  Ghost workers on PAYROLL ! No doubt, we get NOTHING done on schedule BUT the MONEY is GONE !!!

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• Obenfo 12 years ago

  How many times will this so-called ghost names problem be solved? Every Finance Minister has attempted to solve this problem since NDC 1. Just four years ago we heard this same ghost name business was being addressed, and if ...
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  How many times will this so-called ghost names problem be solved? Every Finance Minister has attempted to solve this problem since NDC 1. Just four years ago we heard this same ghost name business was being addressed, and if it still posses as a problem, then something is definitely wrong with Ghana.

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• Iwan 12 years ago

  You have said it all. How many times do we have to go through this? When young guys send old poeple to go and bring this, bring that, bring birth certs, appntmnt letters they got decades ago when such guys were not even born ...
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  You have said it all. How many times do we have to go through this? When young guys send old poeple to go and bring this, bring that, bring birth certs, appntmnt letters they got decades ago when such guys were not even born etc.

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• KERRY 12 years ago

  LIE LIE KEEP WASTING GHANAIANS TIMEAND MONEY FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAINS

  LIE LIE KEEP WASTING GHANAIANS TIMEAND MONEY FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAINS

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• Dan Budu 12 years ago

  As soon as I saw the heading of this article, I asked myself the same question that Obenfo posed, How many times? How many times should Ghanaians be told that either Accountant-General or MoF or the Head of Civil Service is t ...
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  As soon as I saw the heading of this article, I asked myself the same question that Obenfo posed, How many times? How many times should Ghanaians be told that either Accountant-General or MoF or the Head of Civil Service is taking steps or has taken steps to smoke out ghost names from the Govt payroll. I recall in one case that I read, there were some consultants that have been engaged to handle this situation. While I was puzzled with the issue of how many times, then I queried "who is incompetent in the entire process of weeding out ghost names? Or is it an issue of collaborated and coordinated means to 'chop mother Ghana small'? If those responsible really have the will and commitment to clear this mess, they CAN!! Please Mr Minister, in a situation where 70% of the revenue of the country is being spent on paying wages, the nation SHOULD NOT SPEND HER SCARCE RESOURCES IN PAYING WAGES TO FICTITIOUS PERSONS. Please I trust in your capacity to CLEAN THIS MESS ONCE AND FOR ALL. I am keeping a keen eye on this. The next time this issue is raised, the various civil rights organizations in the country will be mobilized to bring a case of negligence of responsibility and causing financial loss to the state of Ghana against you in the law courts of Ghana.
  
  Thank you and God bless Ghana.

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• pkankwasi@yahoo.com 12 years ago

  What is over-staffing got to do with GHOST NAMES? Do you even know what is a GHOST NAME on a payroll? The piece is about over-staffing and redeployment....Poor journalism.

  What is over-staffing got to do with GHOST NAMES? Do you even know what is a GHOST NAME on a payroll? The piece is about over-staffing and redeployment....Poor journalism.

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• Lydia Jones 12 years ago

  A human resource management system to solve the payment of salaries to so-called ghost workers? Unbelievable!!!
  
  So who is actually receiving the salary of these ghost workers?
  
  Surely, these cannot be ordinary lowly ran ...
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  A human resource management system to solve the payment of salaries to so-called ghost workers? Unbelievable!!!
  
  So who is actually receiving the salary of these ghost workers?
  
  Surely, these cannot be ordinary lowly ranked members of staff. They must be senior members of staff.
  
  Why can't the government have a census of its entire workforce? Or make departmental heads responsible for any payment to non-existing members of staff?
  
  Is there really a political will to solve this problem?
  
  What a waste, and how corrupt our leaders are!!!

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• Tijani 12 years ago

  good idea, however, would it, are you telling the truth. we are sick and tired of this kind of lies. even yourself you're taken ghost name money, how can clean up

  good idea, however, would it, are you telling the truth. we are sick and tired of this kind of lies. even yourself you're taken ghost name money, how can clean up

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• JAMREAH 12 years ago

  THE QUICKEST METHOD IS TO GO ELECTRONIC.THE MINISTER SHOULD KNOW THAT COMPUTERISATION IS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO ELININATE GHOST NAMES AND FRAUD IN GHANA.EVERY SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY MUST BE COMPUTERISED AND HAVE ONLY A COMMON DA ...
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  THE QUICKEST METHOD IS TO GO ELECTRONIC.THE MINISTER SHOULD KNOW THAT COMPUTERISATION IS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO ELININATE GHOST NAMES AND FRAUD IN GHANA.EVERY SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY MUST BE COMPUTERISED AND HAVE ONLY A COMMON DATABASE.

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• S.K 12 years ago

  For how long.People are working without salary for the past one year now.when are you solving all these problems especially in the education sector. so disappointing

  For how long.People are working without salary for the past one year now.when are you solving all these problems especially in the education sector. so disappointing

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