The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) is considering dragging software company, SOFTribe to court for publishing confidential letters between the two institutions.
[contextly_sidebar id=”DjTi7qiY9lRmQnRSnKrfsb2nyFw7WIb2″]The Controller and Accountant General, Grace Francisca Adzroe told the media on Tuesday that the publication of these materials threatens the security of their system, their staff and Ghanaian workers whose information is captured in these sensitive materials.
“We also take exception to the publishing of the letters and the full payroll assurance report (KPMG) on the internet” she said sternly.
The CAGD is threatening to “take-up the issue with the Attorney General” and act on their advice.
The Software Company, SOFTribe has denied claims by the Department that the software it developed for them is fraught with challenges that has contributed to the bloated public payroll system.
The company in its defense statement attached correspondents between them and the CAGD to supports their case.
The statement issued and signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Tetteh Antonio described the claims as “completely inaccurate.”
The CAGD has also been explaining why it instructed SOFTtribe to temporarily disable the requisite control on pay roll software IPPD 3.
To them, the business rules on IPPD 2 and IPPD 3 systems “are still in force”.
They insisted that they gave the directive for it to be relaxed “to allow payments to be made while steps are being taken to correct the data.”
As a last resort however, the CAGD said they obtained approval to suspend the payment until the errors are corrected.
They department has also outlined steps they have taken to improve the payroll challenges.
The CAGD maintains they have implemented an “E-Payslip system that enables employees to view their pay details and provide feedbacks electronically”.
In addition they have been continuously upgrading the payroll system to a higher version to facilitate integration with Oracle financials.
They also point to an electronic salary payment voucher system “which has been put in place to allow heads of ministries, departments and agencies to determine who to pay on monthly basis,” as one of their achievements.
By: Raymond Acquah/citifmonline.com/Ghana