Over 29,000 ghost names on government payroll

Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor says more than 29,000 employees on government’s payroll cannot be accounted for.
This came to light in a biometric registration process of all pensioners and public sector employees in at least five regions of the country.
This was revealed by the Finance Minister in his presentation of the fourth budget statement under the theme: "Infrastructure development and accelerated growth and job creation."
The revelation comes at a time when public sector wage bill has shot up under the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure.
The minister reiterated government’s commitment to implement fully the Single Spine policy and address the distortions in public wages despite its huge expenditure on the consolidated fund.
He says so far the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission had migrated 55 major public service institutions onto the single spine salary structure.
The minister says even though the migration exercise has resulted in a significant increase in the public sector wage bill, posing serious risks to fiscal sustainability, government is fully committed to the full implementation of the SSSS.

Kwabena Duffour stated that in 2012, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission will collaborate with the Management Development and Productivity Institute to undertake a productivity survey that will help to establish the linkage of public sector pay to productivity.