Minority in Parliament has dared managers of Youth Employment Agency (YEA) to publish ghost names which they claimed existed on the payroll of the YEA.
The minority caucus at a press conference on Friday, June 16, 2017 called the bluff of the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) that they have discovered ghost names on the agency’s payroll.
Addressing the press, Ranking Member for Youth, Sports and Culture Committee, Mr. Kobena Mensah Woyome, accused the current management of vilification and extreme partisanship, following the dismissal of employees recruited by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government
The minority was reacting to the claim by YEA boss that some 2,999 beneficiaries of the agency who were no longer at post continued to draw their allowances.
But the minority called on YEA management to be bold and publish the “so-called” ghost names.
It would be recalled that the Agency about a fortnight ago hit the air waves with claims to have discovered some discrepancies after a preliminary audit of its payroll.
The audit further revealed that payments were made to some beneficiaries with no work done.
Some beneficiaries had not been paid since May 2016 leading to huge arrears, and some beneficiaries were working without appointment letters.
According to a statement by the Agency signed by the Acting Deputy CEO in Charge of Operations, Bashiru Ibrahim, the preliminary audit has saved the agency and the taxpayer GHS1,067,700 per month.
“On the basis of these findings, management has commissioned the Internal Audit Agency to conduct a special audit into the operations of the agency. This has become necessary in order to provide a platform for the new administration to take measures to prevent the scandals that rocked the Agency in the past,” the statement said.
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