{"id":327083,"date":"2017-06-10T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=327083"},"modified":"2017-06-10T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:15:24","slug":"massive-transfers-hit-yea-after-payroll-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/massive-transfers-hit-yea-after-payroll-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive transfers hit YEA after payroll fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Youth Employment Agency has transferred some members of staff to various regions.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from YEA explained that the transfer was part of an &#8220;ongoing restructuring exercise to reposition the Agency for higher productivity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;oSPMvceZr57X82dOTycWpM9ofn9nUmNu&#8221;]The move comes days after a payroll fraud was discovered at the Agency.<\/p>\n<p>An internal audit carried out by YEA exposed a huge financial malfeasance believed to have cost the country GH $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>The amount is believed to be a sum of unearned salaries paid to unposted beneficiaries, funds for official use which were paid into personal accounts, and procurement without adherence to due process.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, YEA suspended the payment of allowances to over 60,000 beneficiaries on suspicion of discrepancies in the report handed to it by the managers under the previous administration.<\/p>\n<p>The full-scale audit revealed that, many people who did not deserve to receive money from the Agency were doing so fraudulently.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the Agency under the new managers, has deleted some 16,839 names from the payroll, which it says has saved the country Ghc20 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is a list indicating the latest transfers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327084\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/yea-1.jpg\" alt=\"yea-1\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327085\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Yea-2.jpg\" alt=\"yea-2\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327086\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-3.jpg\" alt=\"yea-3\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327087\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-4.jpg\" alt=\"yea-4\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327088\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-5.jpg\" alt=\"yea-5\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327089\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-6.jpg\" alt=\"yea-6\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327090\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-7.jpg\" alt=\"yea-7\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327091\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-8.jpg\" alt=\"yea-8\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327092\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-9.jpg\" alt=\"yea-9\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327093\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA-10.jpg\" alt=\"yea-10\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-327094\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/YEA.jpg\" alt=\"yea\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian 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[ !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'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Youth Employment Agency has transferred some members of staff to various regions. 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