The killing of Ghost Names on government payrolls has existed for a very long time in Ghana, especially at the National Service Secretariat, as Distri
The killing of Ghost Names on government payrolls has existed for a very long time in Ghana, especially at the National Service Secretariat, as District and Regional Directors have been conniving with Ghanaians to provide false information for the allowance at the end of every month.
The erstwhile government is under investigation for condoning such an act, which is against the laws of the land. In a bid to curtail the evil doing from unscrupulous Ghanaian, the Director-General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Felix Gyamfi, has revealed that an investigation conducted recently has helped to remove over 2,000 ghost names from the NSS payroll.
Speaking in an interview with TV3 on May 15, Gyamfi said, “This year, with the exposure that we have made, I’m expecting that by June, there will be a difference in the payroll numbers. I expect that at least the payroll should go down by 2,000 names. This is widespread. It is happening nationwide. I think 2,000 translates to GHC1,430,000 a month, if we are able to get 2,000 off the payroll. I want every cedi we’ve spent here to mean well for the government, Ghana, and the National Service.”
Mr Gyamfi discussed this while responding to nationwide reports of corruption within the NSS. Two District managers in the Eastern Region who fraudulently processed allowances for some individuals on study leave or full-time employment were interceded recently, forcing many Ghanaians to demand sanity at the NSS headquarters.
He continued “When we met with all the District and Regional Directors and the two men from Birim had walked up to him and reported about the 29 people in the payroll who they suspected were public servants and were already getting paid, he wouldn’t have exposed it publicly but dealt with it internally and looked for ways to maybe move them away from the district or interdict them quietly.
“The NSA will integrate its data with the Controller and Accountant General’s database to identify irregularities as a means of combating payroll fraud, and any Individuals found submitting falsified allowance claims will face legal repercussions”, he concluded.
The slogan for the National Service Scheme is SERVICE to the NATION, but authorities are killing the nation through it.
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