Mrs Bridget Kritsriku, Chairperson of Public Services Commission (PSC) has said the commission is developing a reliable system that would ensure the elimination of ghost names on the government payroll.

This is part of assistance being provided by the Australian government in partnership with Ghana’s Public Sector Commission and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Mrs Kritsriku, who spoke with Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, said the programme which is targeting middle level and senior level management of the commission, seeks to establish human resource information systems to link to the existing payroll.

She said the new system would contribute greatly to removing ghost names and identify human resource challenges, as well as help the commission come out with better reform programmes.

It would also enable the commission and its related agencies to identify the existing strength and weaknesses, skills gaps, code of conduct and leadership deficiencies, said Mrs Kritsriku.

She said the Australian PSC has helped train about 44 middle and senior level managers in the commission on the development of public service reports while a hundred more would be trained this year.

Ms Zabeta Moutafis, First Secretary and Head of Development Cooperation West Africa of the Australian Agency for International Development, in a separate interview, said one million Australian dollars has been voted to build the human resource capacity of Ghana’s PSC for better performance.

She said about 25 volunteers have been deployed to various departments and agencies to help in the transfer of relevant knowledge and technical skills to their Ghanaian counterparts.

Ms Moutafis said the Australian government would continue to provide scholarships and technical support to Ghanaian institutions to enhance social and economic development.

Over the next two years, the Australia-Ghana partnership will deploy Australian volunteers to work in government agencies in Ghana while Ghanaian public officials will also go on secondment to Australia.