Former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware Mensah, has pleaded not guilty to charges of causing financial loss of over GH¢38 million to the state.
Mrs. Oware Mensah appeared before the Accra High Court on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, where she was formally charged with five counts, including willfully causing financial loss to the state, stealing, money laundering, and using public office for profit.
According to prosecutors, during her tenure at the NSA, she allegedly generated about 9,934 non-existent national service personnel and unlawfully profited from the monthly allowances paid under those ghost names.
The alleged acts reportedly caused the government financial losses exceeding GH¢38 million.
The case, prosecutors say, forms part of ongoing efforts by state authorities to address administrative and financial malpractices within public institutions, particularly those involving payroll fraud and ghost name syndicates.
Bail Granted
Counsel for the accused, Nanabayin Ackon, in an application for bail, argued that his client was a “responsible public servant with a fixed place of abode and no intention of interfering with investigations.”
He maintained that Mrs. Oware Mensah had “cooperated fully with investigators and was not a flight risk.”
After hearing the arguments, the court granted bail in the sum of GH¢10 million, with three sureties, two of whom must be justified.
As part of the bail conditions, Mrs. Oware Mensah is required to deposit all her passports with the court’s registry and report to the police on the first Tuesday and Thursday of every month until the case is concluded.
The prosecution is expected to file and serve all witness statements and evidentiary documents before the next sitting
Source : Adomonline