Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has stated that the Government of Ghana is experiencing trouble paying public sector employees’ February salary.
He highlighted a tweet from GCB Bank indicating that it was having difficulties processing salaries from the Controller and Accountant General’s Department.
Dr. Ato Forosn was speaking to members on the House floor about the Electoral Commission’s proposed Constitutional Instrument, which wants to make the Ghana card the primary document for voter registration.
“As of today, the government is unable to pay salaries.
According to GCB Bank’s Twitter account, it is unable to pay salaries.
So the government is unable to pay salaries, how can it accept guarantees that, the government every Ghanaian will receive the Ghana card.
Nevertheless, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, who was also present in Parliament, reacted to the claim.
He denied the statement saying that the administration has reneged on its responsibilities.
“The Minority Leader said, there have been some challenges with data challenges with salary processes and in his own way what we call terminological inexactitude, is interpreting that to mean, the Republic of Ghana not having money to pay salaries. That is wrong and disingenuous, and we should not allow that to be perpetuated.”
