Controller and Accountant General’s Department

12 Jan

No Ghana Card No Salary In March — Controller And Accountant General To Gov’t Workers

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The Controller and Accountant General's Department (CAGD) has announced that government employees without a Ghana Card will not receive their salaries in March. Ghana Card Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, the Controller and Accountant General, has declared that government employees lacking a Ghana Card run the risk of forfeiting their salaries. This announcement follows the introduction of a software solution that integrates the databases of the Mechanised Payroll System of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) and the National Identification Authority (NIA). The purpose of this integration is to validate and verify the salaries of government workers. The initiative aims to eliminate 'ghost names'…

12 Sep

CAGD Clarifies Pension Payments Of GH¢393,315 To 59 Deceased Pensioners

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The Head of Public Relations at the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), Cephas Dodoo, has stated that the Department did not make payments to 59 deceased pensioners as suggested by the Auditor-General’s Report. According to Mr Dodoo, the pensions for the deceased pensioners had already been halted upon notification of their passing, even before the audit was conducted. Reacting to the Auditor-General’s Report, which implicated CAGD in unauthorised payments to deceased pensioners, Mr Dodoo, in an interview with the GNA, explained that the referenced report mentioned a section of management’s communication regarding military pensioners who had passed away. He,…