{"id":82431,"date":"2015-01-14T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=82431"},"modified":"2015-01-14T18:32:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T18:32:37","slug":"imanis-analysis-on-our-performance-is-false-controller-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=82431","title":{"rendered":"IMANI&#8217;s analysis of public payroll system false &#8211; Controller Dep&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department (CAGD)has described IMANI Ghana\u2019s analysis of its operations in 2014 as false.<\/p>\n<p>Policy Think Tank, IMANI Ghana<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/06\/imanis-2014-best-worst-public-sector-leaders-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> named the CAGD<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>as one of the worst public institutions in the country in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement signed by the Executive Director of IMANI Ghana noted that : \u201cIf there were two institutions that had perfected the art of making nonsense of all the reform efforts firmly established by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to rein in the haemorrhaging wage bill, it is certainly the Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department and the National Service Secretariat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Franklin-Cudjoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67022\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Franklin-Cudjoe.jpg\" alt=\"Franklin Cudjoe\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Franklin-Cudjoe.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Franklin-Cudjoe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;YSsxNGFybM8K1WhVbLD45upwekw6MQXl&#8221;]It said \u201capart from busily padding the ghost pay roll with more ghosts, the CAGD had refused to allow technology, transparent technology to fix the mess in the public payroll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However a press statement issued by the CAGD noted that : \u201cthere were many factual inaccuracies in the statement as some of the comments made do not reflect\u201d the department\u2019s \u201cbusiness processes and procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further stated that the conclusions derived from the analysis \u201c do not portray the true picture of the management of the Central GoG payroll managed by the CAGD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The department\u00a0therefore stated that the recommendations made in the statement can therefore not be the right prescription to successfully address the payroll challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The government has been struggling to clean the payroll system, which is believed <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/07\/21\/3179-ghost-names-deleted-from-national-payroll\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>to contain \u201cghost names.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President John Dramani Mahama recently inaugurated a <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/05\/payroll-management-committee-inaugurated\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>four member Ministerial Committee<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to oversee the implementation of an improved Payroll Management system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department (CAGD)has described IMANI Ghana\u2019s analysis of its operations in 2014 as false. 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