{"id":84179,"date":"2015-01-21T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T05:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=84179"},"modified":"2015-01-21T07:34:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T07:34:22","slug":"fighting-govt-softribe-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=84179","title":{"rendered":"We are not fighting Gov\u2019t \u2013 SOFtribe declares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chairman of SOFTribe, the company that developed the software for Ghana\u2019s payroll system, insists that the confidential letters covering its contract with the state was made public to set the records straight not to spite government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;fHaEmGsJyidNBzOCs17nvVXsk1plxhWf&#8221;]\u201cWe don\u2019t intend to be malicious, we don\u2019t intend to have any problem with anybody. We only wanted to set the records straight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department (CAGD) blamed SOFTribe\u2019s &#8216;Akatua&#8217; software for\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/10\/fix-flawed-payroll-system-franklin-cudjoe-to-govt\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>revelations by IMANI Ghana<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of supposed rot in the public payroll system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IMANI Ghana had accused the department of supervising a bloated public payroll system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In defending their product, SOFTribe released some letters exchanged between the two institutions to the public, a situation that has annoyed the Controller and Accountant General.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/20\/controller-ponders-suing-softtribe\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CAGD is threatening to sue the company<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for releasing such documents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the chairman of the company, Chinery Hesse argued that releasing the letters does not constitute a breach of trust.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that \u201cWe only responded because our name was being dragged into disrepute in the media by CAGD. We are not here to fight with anybody; we just wanted to avoid any doubt. We are technical people, this is how we communicate, when we make a statement we like to back it with evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62930\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/controller-and-accountant-general.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62930\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/controller-and-accountant-general.jpg\" alt=\"Controller and Accountant General\" width=\"620\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/controller-and-accountant-general.jpg 333w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/controller-and-accountant-general-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Controller and Accountant General<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the payroll system is a \u00a0national issue and that &#8220;we should all be interested in fixing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He assured that they will continue to work in the interest of Ghana adding that \u201cwe\u00a0are ready to serve our country and to solve the payroll problem so it works for our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Controller and Accountant General, Grace Francisca Adzroe on Tuesday insisted that the publication of the materials threaten the security of their system, their staff and Ghanaian workers whose information is captured in these sensitive materials adding that \u201cWe also take exception to the publishing of the letters and the full payroll assurance report (KPMG) on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of SOFTribe, the company that developed the software for Ghana\u2019s payroll system, insists that the confidential letters covering its contract with the state was made public to set the records straight not to spite government. 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