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A forensic audit by the Auditor-General has uncovered that former National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) president, Arkosah Brimpong Emmanuel, personally received GH¢1.4 million in payments from the National Service Scheme (NSS) on his Ezwich card, without any official documentation or approval. The revelation is part of a wider finding in the 2025 Auditor-General’s Technical and Forensic Audit Report on the NSS, which flagged unsupported payments totalling GH¢9,276,535 made to NASPA between 2017 and 2024. According to the report, there were no formal agreements or memoranda of understanding between NASPA and the NSS to define the purpose or conditions of the payments. The association also failed to provide accountability or expenditure reports, while the transfers were not approved by the NSS Board or the Ministry of Education. Other individuals linked to the payments include Afriyie Owusu Osei (GH¢1,139,775), Osei Gideon (GH¢4,452,475), Twumasi Stephen (GH¢1,223,850), and payments labelled NASPA DUES (GH¢1,049,505) — all totalling over GH¢9.2 million. The audit warned that these disbursements breach the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921) and expose public funds to misapplication and misuse, given that the transactions fell outside the core mandate of the National Service Scheme. The Auditor-General has recommended that the amounts be recovered from those involved and urged the Scheme to ensure that any future transfers to NASPA are lawfully approved and transparently accounted for. This revelation forms part of broader financial irregularities within the NSS, with the audit identifying over GH¢2.4 billion in unsupported and irregular transactions between 2018 and 2024. See full report here: Explore all the juicy entertainment news you desire with GhanaWeekend on WhatsApp!Click on the link to join the GhanaWeekend channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaJ31iEDTkK8wIHNj31A
