The Ghost Worker Crisis: How Payroll Fraud Stifles PNG’s Job Market—And the Path to Recovery
Every year, Papua New Guinea loses K600 million to “ghost workers” haunting its public service payroll—funds that could transform job creation, infrastructure, and economic security. Northern Governor Gary Juffa, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Sector Reform, recently exposed this hemorrhage, stressing that “ghosts and syndicates” deliberately rot the […]
