A former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah has been charged for stealing GH¢31,502,091.40 belonging to the National Service Authority.
Other charges include willfully causing financial loss to the state through the fake hire-purchase arrangement, abuse of public office for personal gain and money laundering through the transfer of funds into personal and affiliated accounts.
The Attorney-General’s Department said the Ghana Football Association (GFA) exco member allegedly embezzled a sum of GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024 while overseeing finance, audit, and procurement at the NSA.
Document from the Attorney-General’s Department indicated Gifty Oware shifted GH¢31.5 million from a loan facility meant to support National Service Personnel into her private company account, Blocks of Life Consult, under the pretext of supplying goods on a hire-purchase basis.
“The funds were secured through an agreement with the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), with repayments expected to be deducted from the allowances of 9,934 National Service Personnel — all of whom were later discovered to be fictitious.” The statement read.
Meanwhile, former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, has been charged with 14 counts which include willfully causing financial loss of GH¢500,861,744.02 to the State by authorising the payment of allowances to over 60,000 “ghost” service personnel between August 2021 and February 2025.
Source: Elvisanokyenews.com
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