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50,000 ghost names cleared from payroll, pension – Finance Minister

14 April 2017 at 5:19
Speaking at a review programme of Ghana’s extended credit facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday in Accra, Ofori Atta said reforms have been undertaken at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Customs to improve revenue collection.

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed that 50,000 “ghost” names have been removed from the payroll and pension, saying it is a giant step towards reducing the wage bill.

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“Actions such as we did yesterday to remove 50,000 names from payroll and pension to ensure that there are not ghost,”  Ofori Atta said.

“Changes at GRA and changes at customs ensure that we get the revenues that we need because I think part of the wage bill of our programme is really a test as to whether we really have the methods to ensure that the revenue that we have projected will get the money,” he said.

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