The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr , has disclosed that a network including top officials within the National Service Authority (NSA) caused the state to lose over GH¢548 million through the inclusion of ghost names in the National Service Scheme payroll.
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, June 13, 2025, he explained that an investigation by his office had uncovered how certain individuals in positions of authority during the previous administration orchestrated what he described as a "criminal enterprise" involving directors, staff, and service providers. "In the 2022/2023 service year, 350,926,977.12 was lost to the state.
for the 2023/2024 service year, 32,881, 157.07 was lost to the republic.
In total, as stated, we lost about 548,333,542.65 to the criminal enterprise perpetrated by these executives, directors, and staff, as well as 5the service providers in the market. "The criminal enterprise that resulted in the loss of this colossal loss of sum of money involved the creation of ghost names in the NSA payroll system by some directors and staff, which was subsequently exploited to misappropriate state funds for their gain," he stated.
