Workers on government payroll to receive early salaries

5/2/11

Story: Musah Yahaya Jafaru
CIVIL servants and other public servants on government payroll will now be paid on the 19th of every month, a week earlier than it used to be, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has said.
Consequently, the various banks will credit the accounts of all employees within a week of receiving the money from the CAGD through the Bank of Ghana.
A memo signed by the Controller and Accountant-General, Mr Raphael Kwasi Tufuor, to the heads of various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) said, “Processing of salaries of employees on the GoG payroll are expected to complete and sent to the banks by the CAGD pay dates indicated below”.
Prior to the new measure, salaries of civil servants and other public servants were paid on 25th of every month
By the new arrangement, salaries will be paid between 14th and 19th of every month.
The Head of Public Relations of the CAGD, Mr Cephas N. Dosoo, told the Daily Graphic that the current arrangement was to avoid delays and disappointment in the payment of salaries of employees on the government’s payroll.
Mr Dosoo said the CAGD decided to pay the salaries and wages early enough in order to allow the various banks some time to credit individual accounts without any delays.
According to Mr Dosoo, officers working on the payroll work in day and night shift basis to facilitate the processing of salaries and effect the necessary corrections on the payroll system.
Mr Dosoo said the upgrading of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Database (IPPD) also made it possible for the salaries and wages to be processed early.
He said the IPPD had a tracking device that exposed ghost names and other faulty inputs and indicated that there was a monitoring team to ensure that the workers met the deadline given them.
He said the CAGD had impressed on the various ministries, departments and agencies as well as metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, to send their inputs on time.