The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has put on hold its directive for all public sector workers to register with the National Identification Authority (NIA) and obtain a Ghana Card or forfeit their salaries by December 1, 2021.
The Department has rather been asked to port the names of public sector workers in their existing database onto the National Identification Authority (NIA) platform.
They are to inform the various institutions of any unregistered staff that may exist after the exercise.
The new directive comes after a meeting by the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Ministry of Finance, the CAGD and the leadership of organised labour representing public sector workers on CAGD payroll Tuesday.
The Controller General Kwasi Kwaning Bosompem had stated that workers on government payroll without National Identification Authority (NIA) numbers would not be paid salary from December 1, 2021.
He had announced that CAGD was collaborating with NIA to have harmonized database to facilitate biometric and unique identification of all workers on the government payroll.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
