Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has revealed that two cheques have been found in the name of the Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi.
The Attorney-General revealed that the National Service Authority scandal case was due to be filed last week when they stumbled upon further evidence.
According to the Attorney-General, they have uncovered a malfeasance involving an account at the Bank of Ghana, which transferred an amount of GHS189 million.
Speaking during a press briefing at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, July 28, 2025, Dr. Ayine explained, “The National Service Authority scandal case was due to be filed last week when we stumbled upon further evidence of malfeasance involving an account at the Bank of Ghana, to which had been transferred an amount of One Hundred and Eighty-Nine Million Ghana Cedis (Ghs 189,000,000.00).
Out of this amount, Eighty Million Ghana Cedis cannot be traced, but we found two cheques bearing the name and account details of the former Director General, Mr. Osei Assibey, which had been used to withdraw funds totalling a little under Two Million Ghana Cedis (Ghs 2m) from the said account”.
He added, “We have therefore halted the filing of charges so as to await the receipt of the evidence from the relevant state agencies, including the Bank of Ghana, Ministry of Finance and the Controller and Accountant General”.
The Attorney-General further revealed that eight suspects, including three former officers, have approached for plea negotiations, with some officials offering to testify against their colleagues.
However, Dr Dominic Ayine had earlier stated that twelve suspects would be charged in the National Service scandal.
According to the Attorney General, former Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mustapha Ussif, former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi and former Deputy Director in charge of Finance and Administration, Gifty Oware-Mensah.
Dr Dominic Ayine revealed that 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) ran a criminal enterprise which siphoned huge sums of public funds, including over GHC548 million.
Speaking to the media on Friday, June 13, 2025, Dr Ayine stated, “I am here today to announce that I have received a full docket compiled by diligent and hardworking investigators at the BNI”.
“NIB officials and AG’s Office have worked to develop a docket after an investigation into the NSS scandal… We can confirm that over GHC 548 million was lost due to the criminal enterprise at NSS. Ghana lost over GHC 548 million through a criminal enterprise operating at the National Service Authority.”
“In total, we can confirm from our evidence in the docket and from the investigations that a whopping GHC5,48, 333, 542. 64.
“It was discovered that around 81,885 were ghost names. Our investigations have revealed a criminal enterprise whose network covers the entire country. It was discovered that top officials and their accomplices in the private sector were involved,” he noted.
