Fourteen employees have been charged by the Lands Commission for endorsing duty fraud documents The Audit Unit of the Commission discovered in May 2022 that certain property owners’ tax payments for the registration of their properties did not match the anticipated tax amount, and the fraud involving stamp duty was discovered.
There is a claim that the fraud involves a tax loss of 100 million Ghana Cedis. The National Investigations Bureau is guiding the impacted employees through the legal The Commission claimed, however, that additional research revealed the amount had been inflated.
This was disclosed on Friday in Accra at the Staff Awards Scheme launch and the Executive Secretary’s Annual Briefing, by Mr. Benjamin Arthur, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Commission.
According to Mr Arthur, the suspects were also the subject of internal disciplinary action by the Commission, and they are currently going through final disciplinary procedures to decide their future within the organization.
Concurrently, certain employees of the Commission were undergoing disciplinary actions for manipulating records through fraudulent deletion and insertion to fabricate search reports.
He stated, “It is crucial to clarify that, even though management will keep giving employees the necessary job security, such acts of indiscipline and fraud will not be tolerated.”
Consequently, management will give the state investigative agencies the help they need to weed out bad nuts.
A five-year Business Strategic Plan for the Commission, spanning from 2023 to 2027, was also unveiled during the occasion, providing operational guidance.
Enhancing the Commission’s financial sustainability, digital reforms, corporate image, and staff competence and discipline to improve service delivery are among the five main objectives of the strategic plan.
He clarified that among many other things, the campaign would concentrate on raising public awareness of the Commission’s purpose, service delivery, and particular procedures in providing such services, as well as the fees associated with providing those services and digital reform platforms.
He claimed that doing so would improve the public’s faith in the Commission and its business image.
The few wrongdoings overshadow the incredibly hard work of the majority of employees. The majority of people don’t know much about how we operate or what the Commission does in the land space.
Therefore, the goal of the outreach campaign is to dispel these myths and improve the company’s reputation moving forward.
The Acting Executive Secretary, however, didn’t waste any time in clarifying that its corporate image redemption program could only be successful if it was linked to advancements in public service delivery.
For the management and employees to work together harmoniously and accomplish the intended results, Mr. Arthur advocated for cooperation.
