Over 16,000 workers expunged, country saved GH¢20million

The names of 16,839 people have been deleted from the payroll of the Youth Employment Agency.

This was announced at a press briefing by Justine Kodua Frimpong, the acting chief executive officer of the agency.

According to him, the action was taken after an internal audit was conducted and that the country has been saved over 20 million cedis as a result.

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“A total of 16,839 beneficiaries have been deleted from the payroll, and this has saved the taxpayer as much as twenty million, two hundred and six thousand, eight hundred cedis,” he said.

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Of this number, 2,716 beneficiaries did not have appointment letters while another set 4,681 people had vacated their posts but were receiving salaries. 9,442 beneficiaries were also not within the age range required to be part of the youth employment initiative.

According to Frimpong, the agency will make a decision about the fate of beneficiaries without letters of appointments within a month.