Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine has announced that former directors of the National Service Authority (NSA) implicated in the recent ghost names scandal will be formally charged in the first week of May 2025.
The development follows a directive by President John Dramani Mahama for a full investigation into the discovery of 81,885 suspected ghost names on the NSA payroll. The anomaly was identified during a nationwide headcount of active national service personnel, according to Presidential Spokesperson and Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
The audit, commissioned by Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, was part of efforts to reconcile and clear outstanding service allowance arrears dating back to August 2024. The issue was first brought to light in an investigative report by The Fourth Estate in November 2024.
On March 20, the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) interrogated the former Executive Director of the NSA, Osei Assibey Antwi, over his alleged involvement in the payroll fraud. He was accompanied by his lawyer after being invited for questioning.
Speaking to journalists in Accra on Wednesday, April 30, Dr. Ayine said, “The investigations into the National Service ghost names scandal have progressed well. And we will be filing charges against some of the persons involved from the first week in May, I mean, a few days’ time.”
The Attorney General also disclosed that the government will soon file charges in other high-profile cases, including the Sky Train project, the National Cathedral, procurement of mathematical sets, and the Senior High School WiFi initiative.
He noted that dockets are currently being prepared for prosecution in these matters.
Source | Citinewsroom
