The January 24, 2015 editorial of the Ghanaian Times reveals that the Public Services Commission (PSC) has initiated an independent audit exercise to remove all ghosts on the public payroll. The PSC is reported to be deploying an army of officials to go to every district and region in Ghana to head count all Government […]
The January 2015 salaries of about 14,000 public sector workers in the Greater Accra Region will be delayed.
Falling raw materials prices, health crises, security threats and others have led the IMF to adjust its growth forecast for Africa downward. What are the implications for African businesses?
Officially, about 600,000 workers are on the payroll of the Government of Ghana, consuming over 74% of the revenue generated by the state.
The Ebola epidemic will continue to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone even as transmission rates in the three countries show significant signs of slowing, according to a World Bank Group analysis on the economic impact of Ebola in Africa.
All is not well at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as a promotion exercise carried out late last year has brought about confusion and is affecting the operations of the revenue collection agency.
Figures from the Ghana Statistics Service (GSS) have indicated that year-on-year Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 3rd quarter of 2014 grew by 5.1%.
The perception that the Government of Ghana payroll, being managed by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department is fraught with fraud, has now become a reality, following a disclosure by KPMG, an internationally acclaimed accounting firm, that workers as old as one hundred years are on the payroll.
Staff of Metro Mass Transport Limited (MMT), a government-run transportation company, have suspended their indefinite strike across the country.
The Local Government Workers’ Union (LGWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to come to an agreement with the local unions in the country as soon as possible, to end the brawl in the second-tier occupational pension fund.
