{"id":84016,"date":"2015-01-20T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T12:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=84016"},"modified":"2015-01-20T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T12:43:11","slug":"imf-inspect-ghost-infected-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=84016","title":{"rendered":"IMF to inspect \u2018ghost\u2019 infected payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission on payroll is expected in Ghana before the end of January, to inspect and attempt to help Ghana\u00a0clear\u00a0the huge number of ghost names\u00a0from its public\u00a0payroll.<\/p>\n<p>This was revealed by the Finance Minister Seth Terkper on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83992\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Terkper-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83992 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Terkper-4.jpg\" alt=\"Terkper 4\" width=\"672\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finance Minister Seth Terkper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The IMF is not just about programs, there is the wing of the IMF that is called the technical assistance departments (including the fiscal affairs department).The IMF provided the policy advice on which we are basing the reforms&#8221;, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;hPDiap8rTICb0C8Kv1bUawGYGmrxohhy&#8221;]Government is in <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/16\/imf-negotiations-kick-starts-today\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>talks with the IMF<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for a bailout program, after a difficult economic year in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington-based lender, IMF has demanded that the <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/26\/imf-bailout-subsidies-taxes-and-govt-spending-targeted\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>government adopt policies<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that support its program before it\u2019s executive board gives an approval.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Deputy Spokesman, Communications Department of the IMF William Murray, \u201cThe IMF team is working with the authorities, and is working with the authorities in several areas including issues related to concrete steps in cleaning up the government payroll\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Already Ghana spends more than 60% of tax revenue to fund the wage bill, however, some economists have criticized this as unsustainable and questioned the integrity of the payroll.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3943\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3943\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe.jpg\" alt=\"Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Ghana\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Policy think tank IMANI Ghana in a statement said, \u201cIf the bailout package is to be successful, it is absolutely imperative that the bloated government wage bill should be arrested and corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President of IMANI Ghana Franklin Cudjoe recently on <strong>Citi FM&#8217;s<\/strong> news analysis program the <strong>Big Issue<\/strong>, called for the <a title=\"Shut down Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Dept \u2013 Franklin Cudjoe\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/17\/shut-controllers-department-franklin-cudjoe\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>complete closure<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of the Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department (CADG) \u00a0because of what he described as its \u201cpoor record in managing the public payroll system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The European Union has insisted that it would only resume budgetary support to Ghana after the country effectively removes Ghost names from the Public Payroll.<\/p>\n<p>This is after the EU withheld \u00a3135 million budget support to Ghana due to alleged payroll corruption scandal it is investigating.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Rabiu Alhassan\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission on payroll is expected in Ghana before the end of January, to inspect and attempt to help Ghana\u00a0clear\u00a0the huge number of ghost names\u00a0from its public\u00a0payroll. 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