3 Immigration officers Swallow GHS99K In Salaries Despite Resigning From The Service – A-G Report
Three officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at the headquarters in Accra, who had resigned were maintained on the payroll by the Comptroller General resulting in the payment of unearned salary of GH¢99,843.64.
This is in contravention to Regulations 88 of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019 (L.I. 2378).
The disclosure was contained in the 2021 Auditor-General’s report.
The former immigration officers who continued to draw salaries from the service are:
The A-G recommended that the Comptroller-General should recover the amount of GH¢99,843.64 from the officers involved, failing which the amount should be paid by the Comptroller-General.
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