A-G Payroll Audit: We’ve Identified 53,311 Retired, Resigned, Terminated Staff- Ato Forson
The Minister for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has disclosed that even before the Auditor-General completes the auditing of the public sector payroll, he has identified damning findings.
The 91%-completed audit found 53,311 separated staff.
“Separated staff are staff who are either on retirement, resigned, terminated, leave without pay or deceased, and yet remain on government payroll,” he said while reading the 2025 Mid-year budget on July 24.
By reason of this, he said the Audit Services expects to recover GH¢150.4 million of unearned salaries from the separated staff over the 2023 and 2024 periods.
The Minister used the occasion to caution persons behind the validation of “ghosts” across the public service that they will be personally liable for the loss of public funds, as he affirmed the government’s commitment to enforce the monthly payroll validation process and strictly apply sanctions to all who validate “ghosts” for payment of salaries.
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