{"id":443585,"date":"2017-12-04T18:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/ghosts-rob-ghana-of-ghc30bn-annually-chraj\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:36:26","slug":"ghosts-rob-ghana-of-ghc30bn-annually-chraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/ghosts-rob-ghana-of-ghc30bn-annually-chraj\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ghosts&#8217; rob Ghana of GHC30bn annually \u2013 CHRAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/83554339.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Joseph Whittal Speaking 620x330\" title=\"Mr. Joseph Whittal Speaking 620x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>CHRAJ Boss, Joseph Whittal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512412586_729_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has appealed for public support against corruption in a renewed campaign to root out the canker.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch of the anti-corruption campaign Monday, CHRAJ Boss, Joseph Whittal said Ghana losses GHC30billion annually through payment of salaries to ghost workers.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe said the society will continue to suffer if nothing is done to eliminate corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption facilitates generalised disrespect for the law [and] it is responsible for the provision of poor quality services in education, in health, sanitation and electricity,\u201d Mr Whittal said.<\/p>\n<p>The government announced this year that it has saved the nation the sum of \u00a2443million after it deleted 26,589 names from the payroll.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the payroll audit, the Finance Ministry spends over \u00a236million per month on the salary of the ghost workers.<\/p>\n<p>There are also plans to migrate all public sector workers onto the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) platform to avoid manual 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