CAGD moves to eliminate ghost names with biometric verification here is How
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The Controller and Accountant-General, Kwasi Agyei, says his office is taking decisive steps to tackle the persistent issue of ghost names on the government payroll by procuring biometric devices to verify workers across public institutions.
This move comes in response to alarming disclosures made during the 2025 Mid-Year Budget presentation, where the Finance Minister revealed that over 14,000 unverified workers and 53,307 separated staff still remain on the public wage bill.
Speaking at a media briefing organised by the African Association of Accountants General (AAAG) in Accra, on Monday, July 28, Mr. Agyei noted that while linking payroll data to the National Identification Authority has helped sanitise the system, more robust measures are needed.
“It’s a collective responsibility; it is not just by the controller. We have ways that internally we started, and we will continue to do it. Last year, we were able to link our payroll database with the NIA database, but linking it is not enough. If somebody is a ghost, has a national identification number, and is a ghost, he is still a ghost.
“If you don’t clean the system and the validators keep on validating, what it means is that at the end of the month they are still validating the ghost…That is the reason we are moving a notch further, not just linking, but then we are going to procure handheld devices where now people are going to be verified using the NIA number,” he stated.
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