Former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, and his former deputy, Gifty Oware Mensah, dey face charges for allegedly authorising payments of allowances to 69,934 non-existent (ghost) national service personnel. De mata dey hot!
According to prosecution, between August 2021 and February 2025, Osei Assibey Antwi allegedly authorised payments of Gh¢500,861,744.02 in allowances to over 60,000 ghost national service personnel. E be plenty money wey dey vanish like dat!
Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, don charge am with fourteen counts of causing financial loss, stealing, and money laundering. Serious serious charges dey face am.
Gifty Oware Mensah's Role Inside Di Matter
For Gifty Oware Mensah ein side, dem allege say she generate 9,934 ghost names from the NSA Central Management System (CMS). Ah, e be like say she get ein own scheme dey go on.
Dem further allege say she take control of Blocks of Life Consult Limited by making her mother ein driver one of the company directors. Then she present am to ADB, explain say she supply goods on hire-purchase to the 9,934 ghost names and she wan use their allowances as collateral for the facility. E be like film trick o!
Prosecution dey claim say dis scheme allow her to fraudulently obtain Gh¢38,458,248.87 from the bank through source deductions of the 9,934 non-existent allowance over 11 months. E be big scandal!
What Charges Dey Face?
She dey face five counts of willfully causing financial loss to the state, using public office for profit, and money laundering. If dem find her guilty, she go chop jail for long!
Dem expect say dem go arraign dem at the High Court in Accra dis week, wey dem go take their pleas in respect of the charges. We go dey watch de mata closely to see how e go end.