Payrolls of all MDAs to be run by CAGD in January next
year
Koforidua, July 3,
Ghanadot/GNA - By January 2010, payrolls of all
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), will be run by
the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD),
Mr Raphael Kwesi Tuffour, Controller and Accountant General
(CAG) has said.
Mr Tuffour who said this while welcoming Staff of the
Department to a four-day Delegates Conference in Koforidua
on Thursday, said the CAGD had so far received co-operation
from most agencies which were not on Government payroll.
He thanked those organizations for their efforts and urged
the remaining ones to speed up with their returns.
Mr Tuffour appealed to the Minister of Finance to help the
Department create a unit whose responsibility would be to
conduct head counts all year round.
He said that would enable them to efficiently protect public
funds in a manner that will ensure that Government payroll
was rid of ghost names, and also ensure a smooth transfer of
names from payroll to pensions.
Mr Tuffour reminded the accountants of the significant role
they play in government machinery, and urged them to
rededicate themselves to the discharge of their duties.
He told them that any negative or unprofessional conduct on
their part would not only bring the profession into
disrepute but affect the country’s economic development.
Mr Tuffour appealed to government to support them with
logistics to enable them discharge their duties to
expectation.
He said payroll administration and procurement of Value
books were crucial areas that need to be tackled
efficiently, adding that expenditure on those items was
national in character and had no budget lines.
“They end up virtually absorbing the entire budget of the
department. We therefore request for separate budget line
for them”.
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Eastern Regional Minister, who
chaired the function, urged the accounting personnel to
ensure transparency and accountability in whatever they do.
He told them that the whole finances of the country are
entrusted in their care and they must live up to
expectation.
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo reminded them of the crucial role they were
expected to play now that oil revenue would be “flowing
soon”.
He appealed to the department to spend a little of its
resources to update the professional competence of its staff
to enable them to prove equal to the task.
The conference is on the theme “Accountability in the Public
Service-The Role of the Accountant”.
GNA
