{"id":85430,"date":"2015-01-25T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=85430"},"modified":"2015-01-25T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T12:27:13","slug":"payroll-row-tekper-must-explain-why-he-disobeyed-duffuor-imani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=85430","title":{"rendered":"Payroll row: Tekper must explain why he disobeyed Duffuor \u2013 IMANI"},"content":{"rendered":"

President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe is calling on the Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper to explain why he disobeyed Kwabena Duffuor in relation to the management of Ghana\u2019s payroll system.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”K4qldcHhfZQvUEfUalCEVahBFR5wE2OA”]Former Minister of Finance, Kwabena Duffuor, during his regime, issued a directive to the Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department (CAGD) to move all payroll data from IPPD2 unto the \u2018Akatua\u2019 system (IPPD 3), which is believed to have stringent controls to check perceived \u2018ghost names.<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an expos\u00e9 by IMANI Ghana<\/strong><\/a><\/span> showed that the payroll system is still bloated with ghost names despite various interventions.<\/p>\n

But, the CAGD has blamed it on the \u2018Akatua\u2019 system<\/strong><\/a><\/span> designed by SOFTribe saying it has same challenges that confronted the IPPD2.<\/p>\n

However, in defending their product, SOFTribe released a number of documents exchanged by the two institutions including one from Seth Tekper, which ordered for the requisite control on the Akatua system to be temporarily disabled while steps are taken to correct the data.<\/p>\n

However, speaking on Citi Fms<\/strong> news analysis programme,\u00a0The Big Issue<\/strong>, Franklin Cudjoe questioned why Seth Tekper took that decision saying, \u201cI don\u2019t have any problem with Mr Seth Tekper, but I want to understand why he took a decision that is causing us more harm now. \u00a0I want to understand why the finance minister disobeyed his superior.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He said development partners have lost trust in Ghana because of Mr Tekper’s decision.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cnow we have a situation where our donor partners are withholding funds and are saying that we can\u2019t trust your budget, we cant trust the things you are telling us and it is affecting us. This is a serious matter and we need to understand it properly,\u201d insisting that \u201cI don\u2019t think this matter must go away lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Controller and Accountant General\u2019s Department has however threatened legal actions against SOFTribe for releasing the documents.<\/p>\n

The Controller and Accountant General, Grace Francisca Adzroe at an earlier press argued that the publication of these materials threaten the security of their system, their staff and Ghanaian workers whose information is captured in these sensitive materials.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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