In a bid to overcome the canker in Ghana, some governmental organizations have recently sacked their workers over bribery and corruption-related issues.
Interestingly, three governmental entities have fired employees for wrongdoing, notably in the field of corruption, in the month of August 2023.
The National Insurance Authority (NIA), the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), and the Passport Office in Accra are the three state institutions.
1. Passport Office
The expulsion began when Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway expressed her concern with the Passport Office’s rate of extortion and corruption.
The Minister criticized the fact that politicians are frequently accused for corruption, despite the fact that in most cases, civil servants initiate corrupt actions and politicians are held accountable for them.
Shirley Ayorkor Botchway ordered all those who had overstayed to leave the office on Monday, August 14, 2023.
She said, “Everybody who has been here for more than one year, from Monday on, please do not come back because you have been changed. We want to restore some sanity. Every time politicians are corrupt, meanwhile, it is some public civil servants who will do things that shouldn’t be done, and then they will be put on politicians,” She said.
2. National Identification Authority (NIA)
On Wednesday, August 16, 2023, the National Identification Authority (NIA) fired ten employees after they were found guilty of misbehavior and improper collecting of funds from some Ghana Card applicants.
According to asaaseradio.com, the workers were indicted after an inquiry by the Ghana Police Service’s (GPS) Criminal inquiry Department (CID) found them guilty of violating the authority’s policies.
“This decision was after a thorough investigation conducted by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
“This included the interdiction of the affected officers, the appointment of a disciplinary committee of inquiry to provide a hearing for each officer in accordance with the law, and management’s subsequent acceptance of the disciplinary committee’s recommendations,” the report stated.
3. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)
Electricity firm of Ghana (ECG) has asked 11 top executives to leave due to their suspected involvement in activities that resulted in financial losses for the firm.
According to dailyguidenetwork.com, among these executives are Treasury Executives, a Senior IT Assistant, an Assistant Accounting Officer, Artisans, and Customer Service Officers, among others.
According to the investigation, the implicated executives engaged in a variety of illegal activities that harmed the company’s finances.
The allegations against these individuals include record manipulation and forgery, unlawful changes to payment records, and improper payments and transfers, among other practices that caused the ECG financial loss.
“As of August 2023, 11 top executives of the ECG from the various regions have been sacked by management for causing financial loss to the company,” the source said according to the dailyguidenetwork.com.