Former Assistant Secretary at the Office of the Former President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Ibrahim Adjei has stated the law must work on the National Service Authority (NSA) payroll fraud.
According to Ibrahim Adjei, political affiliation must not be used as a cover to protect individuals accused of wrongdoing.
Speaking on Channel One TV, Ibrahim Adjei stated, “We are working for Ghana, but those who will somehow tarnish our effort shouldn’t be saved because they belong to your political party.
Do not defend wrongdoing if it is against the interest of Ghana. Let the law work,” he cautioned.
“Governments come and go. Administrations must discipline those who fall foul of the law, regardless of favour. This is how Ghana progresses.
“It sets a benchmark and will deter those who think that getting into politics is a license to make money. Never defend the indefensible; it may make people uneasy, but it is necessary.”
His comment comes on the back of Gifty Oware-Mensah, the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSS) exposed for shockingly using NSS allowances as collateral.
According to Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Gifty Oware-Mensah used the NSS allowances as collateral to secure a GH¢30 million ADB loan.
Gifty Oware-Aboagye has been fingered deeply in the NSS ghost name scandal, according to reports she oversaw the payment of some allowances into the accounts of 81,885 ghost service personnel.
The AG explained, “Gifty Oware-Mensah created and executed a meticulously detailed plan using National Service allowances as security to obtain a loan of GH¢30,698,218 from the ADB”.
“She achieved this by using other people’s information to register a company called Blocks of Life Consult without their knowledge”.
“She presented Blocks of Life Consult through a middleman and used her husband to act as one of the representatives of the said company. She told ADB that the company specialises in supplying home appliances to NSS personnel and proposed that ADB finance the company to enable it to supply these items on a higher purchase basis to the service personnel,” he added.
Dr. Dominic Ayine, further revealed that NSS ghost names suspect siphoned a whopping GHC548 million.
According to Dr Dominic Ayine, a full docket on investigations into the National Service scandal is ready and has been presented to his office.
He revealed that the former National Service Authority (NSA) under the former government ran a criminal enterprise which siphoned huge sums of public funds including over GHC548 million.
