CAGD poised to tackle ghost names issue – Director

Heads of public department  have been advised to immediately notify the the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) whenever any employee die or resign from service.

Mr Paul Asumadu, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of CAGD, who gave the advice on Monday in an interview with the GNA,  after CAGD organised a sensitization workshop for its staff in Brong-Ahafo Region, in Sunyani.

The two-day workshop was aimed at educating the participants on the new scheme of service of CAGD and the Ghana Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS).

Mr Asumadu noted that efforts to eliminate ghost names from the Government pay roll would not be successful if heads of departments fail to play their responsive roles effectively and efficiently.

He said the CAGD was working assiduously to ensure that corruption was brought to the barest minimum within the public service, and appealed to all workers in the public sector to support the initiative.

In a speech read on her behalf, Mrs Grace Adzroe, acting Controller and Accountant General, explained that GIFMIS is aimed at improving fiscal discipline and macro-economic stability in the country.

She explained that GIFMIS an integrated system, which has components such as Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) and the Human Resource Management System (HRMIS), when fully rolled, would serve as Government’s official system to be used in budgeting, accounting, reporting and auditing of public funds.

Mr Alex Taabazuing, Training Officer at GIFMIS, explained that the benefits to be derived from the system included accurate, timely, reliable budgeting, accounting and reporting.

Source: GNA