American economist, Scott Bolshevik has questioned why the phrase “Dear Sir/Madam” has become synonymous to corruption related activities.
His comments come on the back of an alleged ‘ghost names’ scandal which has hit the National Service Secretariat (NSS).
In a series of post on X by @GhanaCrimes and @Datanomics_the data of active NSS personnel have been inflated by 40,000 names. It is reported that the 40,000 ghost names are said to be working in state institutions and paid an allowance of Ghc 715 monthly like clockwork.
It is allegedly this crime has been perpetuated for some 36 months, thus three (3) long years.
This means that persons or the syndicate receiving the allowances on behalf of these 40,000 ghost individuals makes a whooping Ghc343m per year for 3 years.
What makes this scandal more worrying is the fact that allowances were disbursed without delay to the accounts of the 40,000 ghost names while, actual NSS personnel had their allowances being delayed for months.
It is further being alleged that Gifty Oware-Aboagye Deputy Executive Director, General Services (responsible for administration and finance) at the National Service Secretariat oversaw the payment of these allowances into the accounts of the 40,000 ghost service personnel.
In a post on X, Scott Bolshevik captioned Gifty Oware-Aboagye pictures, “Why is ‘Dear Sir/Madam’ often associated with corruption?”
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