6 GES Deceased Staff Paid 112 Months of Unearned Salaries

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a full list of deceased staff validated to receive unearned salaries following the investigations and report released by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

The list covers all persons who were validated and paid various sums of salaries over several months in the Ashanti region.

This brings to the fore the reality of the existence of ghost names in the Ghana Education Service and the public sector as a whole.

On one occasion, one of the detected ghost names received up to 31 months of unearned salaries before it was detected. Validators kept validating the individual for nearly three years.

List of GES Deceased Staff Validated to Receive Unearned Salaries for 112 Months

1. Sarpong Linda with Staff ID 513420 under the Atwima Nwabiagya DEO management unit of the Atwima Nwabiagya district, who was on the rank of ADII, was paid unearned salaries for 15 months until 30th April, 2023, although she died on 9th January, 2022.
2. Amoako Fred (Staff ID 885456) who died on 3rd November, 2022, was paid 12 months of unearned salary until 12th November, 2023, under the Okomfo Anokye SHS management unit in the Sekyere South district under the PS rank.
3. Alordome Paul with Staff ID 241152 under the Bumpata D/A Primary School management unit of the Sekyere Afram Plains district on the rank of ADII was paid unearned salaries for 19 months until 11th May, 2022, although he passed on 13th December, 2020.
4. Adu Isaac (Staff ID 246805, Rank – ADII) under the Anyinoli SDA management unit in the Sekyere Afram Plains district was paid 21 months of unearned salaries until 1st March, 2022. He passed on 13th December, 2020.
5. Boama Emmanuel K. with Staff ID 45833 under the Obinimase JHS management unit of the Asante Akim Municipal on the rank of ADII was paid unearned salaries for 31 months until 1st January, 2022, although he died on 18th March, 2021.
6. Agyeman Devine Semevor (Staff ID 254607, Rank – ADII) under the Funsura D/A JHS management unit in the Sekyere Afram Plains district was paid 14 months of unearned salaries until 16th May, 2022, although he died on 18th March, 2021.

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In all, various sums of salaries were paid for 112 months in total to six staff of the service. The regional directors and other lower officers have been directed to provide details on the matter.

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The Ghana Education Service, in a letter signed by Angela Frimpong Nkansah (Ms), the Acting Director of HR of the GES for the Director General, has directed that the Regional Director contact heads of schools and School Improvement Support Officer Management Districts named in the said letter.