General Secretary for the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), David Tenkorang Twum, says the deadline for public workers to provide their Ghana card or forfeit their salaries is too short.
A statement from the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, has hinted that public sector workers who have not registered for the GhanaCard will not be paid effective December 1st 2021.
The new directive forms part of government’s efforts to deliver a speedy, secured and verified payroll service to government employees and pensioners while reducing the risk of undeserving payment or claims.
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department has since asked public sector workers without the GhanaCard to register before the given date.
According to the statement, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department is also working with the National Identification Authority to harmonize the database of public sector workers so as to facilitate biometric and unique identification of all workers on the government payroll.
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“Effective December 1, workers on the government of Ghana Payroll who have not registered with the NIA will not be paid. This is part of efforts to deliver a speedy, secured and verified payroll service to government employees and pensioners while reducing the risk of undeserving payment or claims. By this notice, all existing and prospective government workers are to ensure they are registered with the NIA and obtain their identity numbers,” excerpts of the statement read.
Speaking to sit-in-host for Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Nana Owoahene Acheampong, General Secretary for the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), David Tenkorang Twum, asked the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) not to rush in implementing the GhanaCard directive.
He noted that some of the members of the association are in remote areas and that by the time the directive gets to them, the December 1st deadline would have elapsed.
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