CLOGSAG rejects plan to split CAGD from Finance Ministry

A push to split Ghana's accounting department from the Finance Ministry just got shut down by the civil servants who actually run the system.

CLOGSAG opposes CAGD independence

• Isaac Bampoe Addo rejected the Constitution Review Committee's proposal at a Wednesday presser in Accra.
• CLOGSAG argued that the Controller and Accountant General's Department functions as an implementing arm of the Finance Ministry.
• Splitting it off would pile on bureaucracy, per the association.
• Salary processing and payment coordination could grind slower under separation.

Why the justification fell flat

• Daniel Appiah, CLOGSAG's internal review committee secretary, said the CRC's reasoning was thin.
• Institutional confusion and weakened fiscal coordination were flagged as risks.
• Appiah stayed open to discussion if stronger arguments surfaced.
• Nothing in the committee's report convinced CLOGSAG that the change would help.

Fiscal council pitched instead

• CLOGSAG wants an Independent Fiscal Responsibility Council baked into the Constitution.
• Parliament-only legislation gets suspended too easily, per their argument.
• COVID-era suspension of the Fiscal Responsibility Act was cited as proof.
• Constitutional entrenchment would block governments from ditching oversight on a whim.

Other CRC proposals are catching flak

• Council of State gaining vetting power over senior public-service appointments got rejected.
• CLOGSAG said merit-based hiring should stay with governing councils and the Public Services Commission.
• Article 197 needs "may" swapped to "shall" for binding governance regulations.
• Tying local executive elections to population or economic thresholds would undermine equal political rights.