The National Service Authority (NSA) is at the center of a major corruption scandal, with former top officials facing multiple charges over the alleged theft and mismanagement of hundreds of millions of cedis.
Former Executive Director Osei Assibey Antwi and his deputy Gifty Oware-Mensah have both been charged with stealing, causing financial loss, money laundering, and abuse of public office.
The charges were filed by the Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, at the High Court in Accra on Monday, October 13, 2025, following a forensic audit that uncovered widespread financial irregularities at the Authority.
According to court documents, the two are accused of supervising fraudulent payments to over 60,000 ghost service personnel, leading to a loss of more than GH¢600 million between 2021 and 2025.
Prosecutors say Oware-Mensah personally diverted GH¢38.4 million into her private company, Blocks of Life Consult, under the pretext of providing goods and services that were never supplied. She is also alleged to have withdrawn additional sums from accounts linked to the Kumawu Farm Project, a government initiative under the NSA.
The revelations come after President John Mahama ordered a forensic audit of the Authority earlier this year, following widespread reports of irregularities and bloated payrolls. The audit uncovered over 81,000 ghost names on the NSA’s system, triggering a nationwide clean-up and fresh registration for 2025/2026 service personnel.
As part of reforms, the NSA has launched a new online registration portal and cancelled all previous enrollments done under the old Central Service Management Platform. Registration for the new service year runs from October 8 to 15, 2025, with postings scheduled to begin on November 3.
However, some prospective service personnel have reported technical challenges and data mismatches between their tertiary institution details and Ghana Card information. The NSA says it is addressing the issue and has urged affected persons to swear affidavits and have their records updated.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General’s Office says the trial of the former NSA officials will continue in the coming weeks as investigations into the full extent of the financial loss progress.
