The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has recovered GH¢3,129,135.58 in unearned salaries within the reporting period of 2021.
The amount represents 95% of a total of GH¢3,290,150.70 reported unearned salaries.
The Controller and Accountant-General, Mr Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, who announced this, said it was the mission of the department to also protect the public purse in line with the effort by the government to curb corruption.
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Mr Kwaning-Bosompem, who was speaking at this year’s thanksgiving and nine lessons and carols of the department at the forecourt of the treasury house in Accra, gave the assurance that the department would continue to promote the development of efficient accounting systems in all government departments.
“The government has invested heavily in the Ghana Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS). Some of the setbacks on the effective usage of the system has been connectivity. I want to assure you that the government is working assiduously to improve and deal with the connectivity issues.
“Come the year 2022, no institution will have an excuse for the non-usage of the system,” he assured.
Failure to use the GIFMIS to process financial transactions, the Controller and Accountant-General cautioned, would attract the requisite sanctions.