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Company News from Monday, June 10, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-06-10
The government has struggled to reduce "ghost names" on the payroll
The Comptroller and Accountant rejected claims that the government was working on the privatization of the public sector payroll system.
S addressing JoyBusiness, Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem said, "Well, I've read articles about it … no, it does not happen and it's not on the table."
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said earlier that the government would embark on a mbadive payroll clean-up program to remove all "ghost names" from the system and correct payroll irregularities.
According to Mr. Ofori-Atta, this should help the government save money and block loopholes in the revenue mobilization exercise.
"The government is currently evaluating options for outsourcing the payroll processing of its employees. Mr. Speaker, the outsourcing of the government wage bill aims to reduce the public sector wage bill and its crowding out effect on spending, "said Ofori-Atta in the 2019 budget presented to the Parliament.
The government's proposal to privatize its payroll in order to be able to manage the system more effectively to deal with the "ghost names" issue has aroused strong opposition from stakeholders, particularly the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
TUC launched against the plan
The Congress of Trade Unions (TUC) had already opposed the government to enlist the services of a private company to clean up Ghana's public payroll system.
Dr. Kwaben Nyarko Otoo, director of research at the TUC, said: "The public administration of the pay system presents difficulties, but we do not think that the best idea would be to entrust management to a private company."
He said that there could be an intermediate unit of the Comptroller's Department and the General Accountants or the Ministry of Finance responsible for cleaning up the system while the Comptroller General would take care of the payment procedure rather than d & # 39; a private company.
"Part of the problem with the payroll system is that the controller and the accountant have little or no payroll skills, but there are private institutions that fail as well. .
The payroll is one of the biggest challenges facing the government in terms of prudent spending management.
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