The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has accused the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) of intending to do payroll auditing under the guise of payroll monitoring.
According to CLOGSAG, the FWSC has no authority to carry out a payroll audit.
Instead, the association says payroll auditing can only be done by the Internal Audit Agency and the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD).
According to the FWSC, the exercise is also aimed at ensuring that only approved salaries and allowances are paid.
They, therefore, urged all public sector institutions to conduct their own internal payroll audit and clean-up before the commission’s planned audit.
Speaking on the issue, the Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Isaac Bampoe Addo said “One is at a loss about what they are up to do because clearly, from what they stated in their public notice, it has got to do with the collective bargaining process.”
“Fair wages negotiates on behalf of the government, that is it, they have no business doing what they want to do because what they want to do is practically payroll audit and that is not their mandate.
“This is like the number of consultancies that have been given in the name of ghost names. This is like consultancy to ‘goro’ boys in the name of ghost names. We are sick and tired of ghost names, it is just an avenue to give jobs to the boys,” Mr. Addo said.