The 2022 Auditor-General’s report on Ministries, Departments and Agencies has raised concerns over 59 deceased persons still receiving pensions.
According to the report, the beneficiaries who passed away between 2013 and 2019 are still receiving benefits totalling GH¢393,315.06 so far.
This is in contravention of Regulation 92 of the Public Financial Management Regulations 2019, which requires a principal spending officer of a covered entity to ensure immediate stoppage of payment of salary to public servants and notify the Controller and Accountant-General on the death of an employee, on the conviction of an employee, on the dismissal of an employee, on the grant of leave without pay to an employee among others.
“Our review of pensioners files disclosed that the Controller and Accountant General did not stop the payment to 59 deceased pensioners from the FAAB system resulting in the payment of unearned pension totalling GH¢393,315.06,” the report stated.
As a result, the Auditor General has advised the Controller and Accountant General to see to it that the Director of the Pensions Unit recovers the money from the pensioners’ beneficiaries.
Below is the full list of the 59 deceased pensioners
