The
Personnel Management Office (PMO) of the Gambia government is to embark on “a
comprehensive nationwide staff audit” to fish out all ghost workers in the
civil service and security forces.
A
press release from the PMO yesterday said the main objective of the exercise,
which is to commence on 27 March 2017, is to improve payroll integrity by
ensuring that only staff working are on government payroll.
“In
this regard, all staff are hereby informed that the audit teams will visit them
at their duty stations and all are strongly advised to be present during the
audit period, as anyone who is not physically indentified will have his/her
salary stopped immediately after the exercise,” the release said.
“For
the purpose of the exercise, staff are required to present their national
identification documents and appointment letters or last promotion letters for
identification purpose.”
The
staff audit is to begin on 27 March through to 12 May 2017. It would be carried out in two phases.
The
first phase, 27 March – 5 April, and 10 April – 21 April, covers the civil
service in the Greater Banjul Area and West Coast Region, and all other
regions, respectively.
The
second and final phase covers the security agencies. The first part of the second phase is 24
April to 28 April 2017 for all regions except Greater Banjul Area and West
Coast Region.
The
second part of the second phase is 2 to 12 May for Greater Banjul Area and West
Coast Region.
