The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine has reveled that new evidence has emerged during investigations in the National Service Scheme (NSS) Ghost names scandal.
Speaking to the media on Monday, July 28, 2025, he said his office was due to file charges against the suspects in court when new evidence of malfeasance was discovered.
He noted that the A-G’s office stumbled upon an account at the Bank of Ghana to which an amount of GHC189 million had been transferred to.
According to the Attorney-General, GHC80 million out of this amount cannot be traced but two cheques bearing the name and account details of Former Director-General of the NSS, Osei Assibey Antwi were identified.
“The NSS scandal case was due to be filed last week as promised, when we stumbled upon evidence of malfeasance involving an account at the BoG, to which has been transferred an amount of GH¢189 million. Out of this amount, Eighty Million Ghana Cedis cannot be traced,” he said.
Dr. Ayine said the account had been used to withdraw money totaling a little under GHC2 million from the account which was discovered at the Bank of Ghana.
“…but we found two cheques bearing the name and account details of the former Director General, Mr. Osei Assibey, which had been used to withdraw funds totaling a little under Two Million Ghana Cedis (Ghs 2m) from the said account,” he added.
For this reason, the A-G has halted the filing of charges awaiting details of evidence to proceed with the case.
“We have therefore halted the filing of charges so as to await the receipt of the evidence from the relevant state agencies, including the Bank of Ghana, Ministry of Finance and the Controller and Accountant General,” he noted.
The A-G also disclosed that at least 8 suspects in the case have approached his office for plea negotiations, including three former officers of the NSA.
“Some officials have offered to testify against their colleagues and some vendors, and service providers are willing to come clean and testify as prosecution witnesses,” he added.
Dr Ayine noted that the Bank of Ghana is cooperating with investigations and is prepared to submit bank statements needed for the investigation.
“As I speak, the BoG signalled to me that this morning, they are going to deliver the entire bank statement for my attention,” he said.
