The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has backtracked on its decision to withhold salaries of public sector workers who do not possess the Ghana Card.
Per the initial directive, workers on government payroll would have been denied their salaries by December 1 this year.
According to the Department, this move forms part of ongoing measures to harmonise its systems and synchronize its financial remuneration process through the card.
This policy was expected to ensure a speedy administration of the payroll.
It comes on the back of a meeting on Tuesday, October 19, between the Employment Ministry, Finance Ministry, Controller and Accountant General’s Department andorganised labour after fierce resistance from some some Public Sector unions.
In its latest measure, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) said it will rather transfer the names of public sector workers in their existing database onto the National Identification Authority (NIA) database. In this process, the platform will identify all unregistered members of staff who are available to be factored into the new identification framework.
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