Policy to remove ghost names on govt payroll

By ERIC PIET
All ghost names on the Government payroll system will be removed as it sets to implement its ‘one person, one pay and one pay slip policy’ in the public service, says National Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard Maru.
This will be done through NID registration this year.
Maru said this yesterday in Port Moresby during the opening of the PNG Civil and Identity Registry (PNGCIR) office at Moale Haus.
It will house the National Data Entry Centre, NCD registration fixed office and PNGCIR national archives.
Maru said NID registrations for about 915,000 public servants in the country would begin with 66,000 teachers and those in Education Department, as they were the first Government agency to partner with NID office for the rollout of the programme
“The Government wants to ensure that by the end of this year, all public servants would be registered for NID project and have the cards issued,” he said.
“This is to ensure the Government monies are not wasted on paying ghosts.
“We have begun with the Education Department, whose registrations will be completed in March and move on with other departments. All public servants must register because if you don’t, you will not get paid – no ID, no pay.”
Maru said he wanted the NID registration in the country to be stepped up. He challenged the NID and PNGCIR to register two million of the country’s more than eight million-plus people this year.
Acting Registrar-General Noel Mobiha said they now had more high-speed satellite computers in place at their new office, which would increase their output.