{"id":84425,"date":"2015-01-21T15:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=84425"},"modified":"2015-01-21T14:49:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:49:21","slug":"well-clean-up-ghost-names-from-public-payroll-if-kpessah-whyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=84425","title":{"rendered":"Public payroll can be cleaned if &#8230; &#8211; Kpessah Whyte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Dr. Michael Kpessah Whyte, has said public sector payroll fraud in Ghana can be eliminated provided key actors are willing to put the nation ahead of their selfish interests.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Graphic reported that Kpessah Whyte \u00a0had prevented about 75,000 ghost names from getting into the service payroll in the 2014\/2015 service year, thus saved the nation GHc26.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;2RcCWbcN6KVj6aVHPe32vTCxAVgKs9Tm&#8221;]The revelation comes at a time discussions are rife about how to effectively clean up Ghana\u2019s public payroll after critics claimed it was replete with ghost names.<\/p>\n<p>However speaking on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>,Mr. Whyte said Ghana will continue to battle with the problem of ghost names in public payroll system if various stakeholders refuse to sacrifice their interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the interests that are actually positioning themselves and jostling \u00a0to take advantage of the conversation must be out,\u201d he stated<\/p>\n<p>He said tight security measures should also be put in place to ensure that the malfeasance is not repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these conversation around about the payroll, we can bring in all the software that Steve Jobs and other people have presented to the world but if we don\u2019t make sure that people we are paying on month to month basis are actually where they are supposed to be with their work, we will still end up having ghost names \u00a0\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52274\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/8856465485102_5649627336042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52274\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/8856465485102_5649627336042.jpg\" alt=\"Alhaji Imoro, Executive Former Director of the National Service Scheme\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/8856465485102_5649627336042.jpg 520w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/8856465485102_5649627336042-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alhaji Imoro, Executive Former Director of the National Service Scheme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Whyte took over the affairs of the National Service Secretariat after former Executive Director \u00a0Alhaji Alhassan allegedly paid GH\u00a2100,000 to <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/03\/rot-at-nss-director-tried-to-influence-case-with-gh%C2%A2100000\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>silence investigators.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/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 Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Dr. Michael Kpessah Whyte, has said public sector payroll fraud in Ghana can be eliminated provided key actors are willing to put the nation ahead of their selfish interests. 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