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The trial of former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah, is set to begin at the Accra High Court on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. It would be recalled that the Accra High Court adjourned proceedings in the case involving the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA) following her absence from court on Friday, October 17, after the court was informed that she had submitted a two-day medical excuse. But as she returns to the court, the environment is marked by a heavy police presence. How Gifty Oware-Mensah reportedly pulled off a GH¢38.4m NSS money laundering scheme Oware-Mensah faces charges, including embezzling funds via ghost names in the National Service Scheme (NSS) payroll, causing financial loss to the state, among other charges. According to a report by Okay FM, the case was slated to begin around 10:00 to 10.30 AM on Wednesday, October 22. Former NPP General Secretary, John Boadu, was captured in a video at the court, seated next to Gifty Oware-Mensah. Gifty Oware-Mensah charged with GH¢38.4 million alleged theft and financial loss While Oware-Mensah is facing charges with her former boss, the Director-General of the NSA, Osei Asibey Antwi, they were not jointly charged in this specific matter. Former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has been charged with stealing and willfully causing financial loss to the state. According to court documents sighted by GhanaWeb on October 13, 2025, the charges stem from alleged financial irregularities during her tenure at the National Service Authority. According to the Attorney General’s Department, Oware-Mensah allegedly misappropriated a total of GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024, while supervising the finance, audit, and procurement divisions of the NSA. “Sometime in February 2025, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), upon receiving intelligence, initiated investigations into alleged acts of ghost names, stealing, corruption, and money laundering by certain NSA staff. “The investigation revealed that, between February 2022 and March 2024, the accused approached officials of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and informed them that the NSA had signed an agreement with her company, Blocks of Life Consult (BLC), to sell products on hire-purchase to National Service Personnel (NSP). She claimed that she required a loan of GH¢78,139,910.00 to support her business,” the sheet stated. However, investigations revealed that no goods were ever supplied, and the names used to secure the facility were “ghost names” generated from the NSA’s internal system. Meanwhile, catch the highlights of Sarkodie x Shatta Wale’s epic performance at Rapperholic Homecoming on GhanaWeb TV below
