No Ghana Card, no salary from December 1 – CAGD warns

The Controller and Accountant General’s Department has served notice it would stop paying government workers who are not registered with the National Identification Authority (NIA)

According to Mr Bosompem, the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD), is collaborating with NIA to have harmonized database to facilitate biometric and unique identification of all workers on the government payroll.

The move, CAGD explained was “part of Government of Ghana’s efforts to deliver speedily, secured and verified payroll service to government employees and pensioners while reducing the risk of undeserving payment or claims, the Controller and Accountant-General’s Mr. Kwaning Bosompem is collaborating with NIA to have harmonized database to facilitate biometric and unique identification of all workers on the government payroll.

“By this notice, all existing and prospective Government workers are to ensure they are registered with the NIA and obtained their identity numbers.”