[ 2017-05-01 ]

Secretary General of TUC, Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah

We will continue to clear payroll – TUC Secretary General
Secretary General of Ghana Trades Union Congress
(TUC), Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah has pledged the
union's commitment to work with government to rid
the public sector payroll of ghost names.

His statement comes after the Minister of Finance,
Ken Ofori-Atta, directed that names of more than
26,000 public sector workers be removed from
government’s payroll commencing April 2017 for
not registering on the new Social Security and
National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) biometric
system.

A press statement from the ministry had explained
that “those affected have not been registered on
the new SSNIT biometric system, despite several
directives to do so”.

Speaking to GhanaWeb on the sidelines of the May
Day celebration, Dr. Yaw Baah mentioned that the
union would give government the support needed for
the execution.

“No government would want to pay ghosts; ghosts
don’t exist so if we have names that are
referring to people who do not exist, those names
will be out of the payroll. We want to make sure
in the course of doing this, some workers who are
living are not punished because that’s our
duties. We can assure workers that we are going to
continue working with government to ensure no
ghost is been paid. Ones we get that done, then we
can enhance salaries for those who are working and
living,” he said.

Source - www.ghanaweb.com

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