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Deputy Attorney General: ₵500 million siphoned in National Service Authority scandal
Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, has revealed shocking details about how about ₵500 million was allegedly siphoned from the National Service Authority (NSA).
Speaking in an interview, Dr. Srem-Sai described the situation as “a shock,” especially because national service personnel are paid only about ₵700 a month.
“You could never believe that millions of cedis could be siphoned through a project which pays personnel ₵700. It was a poverty project,” he said.
According to him, the alleged fraud was carried out through a fake market platform that was supposed to help service personnel buy items on credit and pay later from their allowances.
He explained that although the idea sounded good, investigations showed that the so-called “market” was used to push huge sums of money to vendors who sold nothing.
“We realized that people set up the system and were pushing a lot of money into the market when no one actually bought anything. These vendors received money even though they sold nothing, and the funds ended up in private pockets,” he revealed.
Dr. Srem-Sai said the evidence so far shows how elaborate and deliberate the scheme was. He added that when the trial begins, Ghanaians will be shocked to see how the funds were moved in and out of bank accounts.
On whether the accused persons, including Giftio Wari and Mr. Osei Sibe, have requested plea bargains, Dr. Srem-Sai confirmed that some suspects had made such requests, but not all were accepted.
“Every Ghanaian is entitled to plea bargain. Some of them applied to us for that. We considered them and rejected some. The fact that some are in court should tell you that we rejected certain proposals,” he stated.
He also said the government is determined to recover the full amount allegedly stolen.
“We are looking at recovering that amount — the entire ₵500 million. If they don’t have it, we will trace every asset and property they have, as far as the law allows us,” he added.
The Deputy Attorney General assured that the ongoing investigation and trial will help Ghanaians see the full extent of the alleged corruption at the National Service Authority.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has revealed that in the whole of 2024, only GHS 362 million was released to MMDAs in Common Fund.
Contrary to this, In 2025 alone GHS 5 billion was released to the MMDAs with the following breakdown as follows.
The Minister made this revelation when he took his turn at the Government Accountability Series held today.
In breakdown, the minister nonted that 1st Quarter – 790,372,058.40 was released for 2025.
He added that for the 2nd Quarter, 1,464,983,309.60 was released.
3rd Quarter saw the release of 1,188,921,640.80 and
1,592,706,391.20 for 4th Quarter.
The Minister added tha each of the MMDAs were required to undertake the following; at least 2-CHPS compounds, 3 Classroom blocks, 10 Boreholes, and Completion of legacy projects.
Additionally, 25% of the Common Fund was allocated for the Construction of 24-Hour Economy Model Markets.
Ahmed Ibrahim noted that as a result of the timely and unprecedented release of Funds, a total of 494 CHPS compounds, 761 Classroom Blocks, 4,029 Boreholes, and 2,755 Legacy projects are currently at various stages of completion.
Also, he added that 261 24-Hour Economy Model Markets have all been awarded on contracts and construction has begun on many of them.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, together with members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), on April 17, 2026, decorated nineteen (19) senior officers who have been promoted to their next ranks based on the recommendations of the Police Council and approval of the President, John Dramani Mahama.
The ceremony, held at the National Police Headquarters in Accra, forms part of efforts to recognise merit, dedication, and long-standing service within the Ghana Police Service, while strengthening leadership across key operational and administrative levels.
The officers promoted from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) to Commissioner of Police (COP) are Dr. Luke Asue-In-Yeng Zakpaa, Mr. Frederick Agyei, Mr. Duuti Tuaruka, Mr. Arthur Osei-Akoto, Mr. Darko Offei Lomotey, Mr. Eric Ken Winful, Mr. Barnabas Nambont Nasumong, and Mr. Desmond Owusu Boampong.
The IGP and members of POMAB congratulated the officers and urged them to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in the discharge of their duties.
