(NEWZIMBABWE) Eliminate ghost workers: IMF
Eliminate ghost workers: IMFby Staff Reporter
16/06/2010 00:00:00
THE International Monetary Fund says the government needs to complete its ongoing payroll audit and eliminate thousands of ghost workers blamed for milking the fiscus of millions of dollars.
Employment costs continue to take up most of government’s revenue, leaving precious little for capital projects.
Data released by the Finance Ministry in its first quarter treasury bulletin shows that 63 percent of the US$320 million revenue collected between January and March was taken up by employment costs.
An IMF team which was in Harare between June 2 and 10 to review economic developments said the government should speed-up its payroll audit in order to reduce employment costs.
“The (Zimbabwe) authorities are advised to complete the on-going government payroll audit and start eliminating ghost workers, while attaching greater priority to social and development programs,” the IMF mission chief Vitaliy Kramarenko said in a statement.
It was reported last year that as many as 10000 youths could have been added to the government payroll by the previous government.
MDC-T legislators claimed most of the youths were being paid for helping Zanu PFcampaign during the 2008 general elections.
However Youth Minister, Savior Kasukuwere dismissed the allegations insisting his department only employed "youth co-ordinating officers throughout the country" to manage empowerment projects.
The IMF team also welcomed ongoing efforts to restructure the country’s central bank which have seen the appointment of a new board of directors but urged the government to contain emerging risks to the country’s broader banking system.
“It is also important to step up efforts in containing risks in the banking system, and to improve the business climate, in particular with respect to property rights,” the statement read.
Wage restraint was also urged in both the public and private sectors to in order to contain the recent pick-up in inflation.
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