The Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem in a significant breakthrough  has declared the successful elimination of ghost names from the country's payroll database.This achievement is attributed to the implementation of a comprehensive digital solution that integrates the Government of Ghana (GOG) National Mechanized Payroll Database with the National Identification Authority (NIA) database.

The innovative system incorporates a real-time biometric validation and verification process, decentralised to various verification centres nationwide under the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD).This decentralisation ensures enhanced accessibility and convenience for the verification process.

Bosompem issued a stern warning that, effective March 2024, any public sector worker without a Ghana Card risks losing their salary.This announcement was made during the 2024 Controller and Accountant General’s Department Annual Conference in Kumasi.

During his address, Bosompem emphasised, “The payroll database has been an active database all these years. What it means is that we’ve gone through a process of putting interventions in place to ensure the payroll database is credible, and there would not be any instance where we’ll find an unauthorised person existing on the payroll and benefiting from the government’s resources.”

Responding to questions from journalists, Bosompem confidently asserted, “…There are no ghost names [on government’s payroll] recently…”