Chop-chop, Ghost Names Killing Ghana Big Time

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Nii Tsokor 10 years ago

Find the ghost names and then track them down through the accounts the payments go to at the banks.Round them all up and demand payment with prosecution in tow.Why is this so hard ?

Find the ghost names and then track them down through the accounts the payments go to at the banks.Round them all up and demand payment with prosecution in tow.Why is this so hard ?
REM 10 years ago

With proper computer programming to pay people, it should be easy to track down ghost names. But our country is not as computerised as the the advanced countries so continuous manual check should be made. It should be possibl ...
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With proper computer programming to pay people, it should be easy to track down ghost names. But our country is not as computerised as the the advanced countries so continuous manual check should be made. It should be possible for the public and civil services to manually check on who is receiving what pay. If the Comptroller wants to do this check, it can be done. It should be a continuous process and every boss should be charged to always check that those who are paid are actually at work and deserving the pay.

Random checks should be made at all times so that people will be afraid to cheat. At every pay day, people from CAGD should be at some ministry to see that all those who are paid really exist. Pensioners should be checked extra.

This problem arises because we do not have good statistics. This should be improved at all times.
Pelicles 10 years ago

Ghost names on the public payroll are deliberate and despite the government effort of cleaning them out, there is the possibility that the ghost names can be put back. There is no system that is perfect meaning, there should ...
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Ghost names on the public payroll are deliberate and despite the government effort of cleaning them out, there is the possibility that the ghost names can be put back. There is no system that is perfect meaning, there should be regular and unannounced auditing to flush out these ghost names.

Some people are of the opinion that "ehuru a ebegyo" so they will keep on trying to test the system to see if the government means what it says.

I live in the US and at times, the man in charge of payroll, will demand on the spot check to see if he is paying the workers he is in charge. During such period, he will instruct all supervisors to tell those under them to go to the paymasters office to collect their checks. Those who will not go, will not receive their checks and the remaining checks will not go to the various supervisors.

The government should do on the spot checks to flush out these illegal payment.
BILLYBILLY 10 years ago

NDC GOVT HAS NO CONSCIENCE WHATSOEVER AT ALL.....A GOVT THAT COULD CALL CRONIES AND COACH THEM ABOUT HOW TO DUPE GHANA THRO FAKE JDGMT DEBTS CAN NEVER NEVER BE TRUSTED AT ALL.....THEY ARE WORSE THAT ARMED ROBBERS LED BY BETTY ...
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NDC GOVT HAS NO CONSCIENCE WHATSOEVER AT ALL.....A GOVT THAT COULD CALL CRONIES AND COACH THEM ABOUT HOW TO DUPE GHANA THRO FAKE JDGMT DEBTS CAN NEVER NEVER BE TRUSTED AT ALL.....THEY ARE WORSE THAT ARMED ROBBERS LED BY BETTY MOULD AND BARTON ODRO
the eye-Germany 10 years ago

Ghost names in our pay roll system has gone on for far too long.Cant the Government and the Accountant General Department check and stop these ghost names bruhaha once for all-Aba!

Ghost names in our pay roll system has gone on for far too long.Cant the Government and the Accountant General Department check and stop these ghost names bruhaha once for all-Aba!
K. PREMPEH 10 years ago

The eye, are you saying the Comptroller and Accountant General Department must check and stop the ghost names and stp it? For your information, they are guilty of enriching themselves with the ghost names. Do you think they w ...
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The eye, are you saying the Comptroller and Accountant General Department must check and stop the ghost names and stp it? For your information, they are guilty of enriching themselves with the ghost names. Do you think they will beready to stop it? Tofiakwa
ablina 10 years ago

Peopel just retire even those the books documents that they have retired and still collect their pay pocket as if nothing has happened to them. This is the way our system works in Ghana. Retired Doctors even wear their white ...
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Peopel just retire even those the books documents that they have retired and still collect their pay pocket as if nothing has happened to them. This is the way our system works in Ghana. Retired Doctors even wear their white coats as Prof Akosa said and go round as if they are going to help you process your files and in the process charge you for handling the file. Everyone know someone who can help buit you have to pay an additional money even this is false.
Sam 10 years ago

Is about time the leaders on various institutions are held responsible. May God save Ghana and the laws should work without fear and favour

Is about time the leaders on various institutions are held responsible. May God save Ghana and the laws should work without fear and favour
NANA ARABA 10 years ago

OUR PRESIDENTS AND OUR ECONOMIST SHOULD BE/HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ERADICATING THESE GHOST NAMES DECADES AGO! GREED WILL NEVER PAY! OUR LEADERS STILL DO NOT HAVE AN EFFICIENT HEALTH SYSTEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIE ...
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OUR PRESIDENTS AND OUR ECONOMIST SHOULD BE/HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ERADICATING THESE GHOST NAMES DECADES AGO! GREED WILL NEVER PAY! OUR LEADERS STILL DO NOT HAVE AN EFFICIENT HEALTH SYSTEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY GET ILL? THEY STILL TRAVEL ABROAD TO GET HEALTH CARE? ALL THAT MONEY THEY STEAL YET THEY HAVE NO SENSE TO DO ANYTHING CONSTRUCTIVE IN THE COUNTRY TO BENEFIT THEM. MONEY? WE WILL ALL DIE AND LEAVE IT BEHIND!

GHANA HAS ENOUGH NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN ITSELF WITH HUGE SURPLUSES FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. IF OUR RESOURCES ARE MANAGED WELL TO GENERATE WEALTH INSTEAD OF OUR LEADERS GOING TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS BORROWING MONEY! WHY DO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES KEEP LENDING GHANA MONEY? IF WE CANNOT PAY IT BACK?
GHANA IS JUST SINKING DEEPER IN DEBT FOOLISHLY WHILE OUR LEADERS ARE STACHING THE MONEY IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS?

WE HAVE PRESIDENTS DECADE AFTER DECADES WHO ARE SMALL MINDED WITH NO VISION!

A BELOVED COUNTRY LIKE GHANA THAT WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE ITS INDEPENDENCE IN AFRICA IS IN SUCH A MESSY STATE ALL BECAUSE OF GREED OF GHOST NAME?

WHERE IS THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR GHANAIAN LEADERS?

GHANA NEEDS A PRESIDENT WITH A VISION WHO WANTS TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND THE LACK OF BASIC ADEQUATE AMENITIES (WATER& LIGHT) FOR GOOD! THE GREED, NEPOTISM HAS NOT FREED OUR LEADERS FOR DECADES!

WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WOULD WORK DELIGENTLY WITH ECONOMIST AND MINISTERS TO SOLVE THE MESS IN THE COUNTRY. GHANA NEEDS AN OVERHALL OF ALL OUR SYSTEMS, AND PHYSICALLY SEEING THESE CIVIL SERVANTS FACES BEFORE THEY ARE PAID.

THE REST OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD KEEPS DEVELOPING EVEN BETTER AND MAKING THEIR SYSTEMS EVEN MORE EFFICIENT, WHILE GHANAIAN AND AFRICAN LEADERS KEEP BEING GREEDY AND IT'S CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AVAIL TO THEM? AND WE PROFESSIONALS LOOK ON?
GHANAIANS WHERE IS OUR CONSCIENCE ALL OF US?
kay 10 years ago

This government must go. That is all.

This government must go. That is all.

MR: GOODFACE 10 years ago

Very well written. The author has hit the nail by the head. All these coruptions are going on big time and yet no one is prosecuted. I can now see the reason why the para-medical staff have not been paid for years.

Very well written. The author has hit the nail by the head. All these coruptions are going on big time and yet no one is prosecuted. I can now see the reason why the para-medical staff have not been paid for years.
Y. GRUMAH 10 years ago

GOOD NEWS

GOOD NEWS
OPAANA 10 years ago

Ghana is really at crossroads. We are now faced with a problem of cleaning the payrolls before EU accepts to help Ghana. Oh my God when will our leaders learn?

Ghana is really at crossroads. We are now faced with a problem of cleaning the payrolls before EU accepts to help Ghana. Oh my God when will our leaders learn?
ANARFI 10 years ago

Those who have erred and filled their pockets with monies through ghost names, will they ever be punished? Hmmmmm

Those who have erred and filled their pockets with monies through ghost names, will they ever be punished? Hmmmmm
Aaba! 10 years ago

no excuses

no excuses
Adjabitiase 10 years ago

Job job job

Job job job
ABAAWA 10 years ago

Great job. I hope Mahama and his cronirs are reading.

Great job. I hope Mahama and his cronirs are reading.
if the lone crusader 10 years ago

The gov. Is not serious .you can fidh them out by their train of life an d whar they do beside period

The gov. Is not serious .you can fidh them out by their train of life an d whar they do beside period
Stephen-Pipes Afrifa 10 years ago

Did I hear the government say it's removed all ghost names in the system? Well I put it to the government it is deceiving itself.

They ignore technology to dupe us with manual way of doing things so ad to manipulate the ...
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Did I hear the government say it's removed all ghost names in the system? Well I put it to the government it is deceiving itself.

They ignore technology to dupe us with manual way of doing things so ad to manipulate the figures.

Ghana is losing more than ever as we think.
Oti Akenteng 10 years ago

SIKADIE NKOAA!I don,t think the gost names will stop in Ghana.This is the problem Ghana is facing,the leaders used thier positions to embezzle the monies in the country.ADWEN BONE!

SIKADIE NKOAA!I don,t think the gost names will stop in Ghana.This is the problem Ghana is facing,the leaders used thier positions to embezzle the monies in the country.ADWEN BONE!

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