Ebenezer Nii Narh Nartey is a former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central
Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Ebenezer Nii Narh Nartey, has criticised former officials of the National Service Authority (NSA) over the alleged misuse of National Service Scheme (NSS) funds, describing the conduct as shameful and exploitative.
Speaking on Joy Prime on Monday, June 16, 2025, and monitored by GhanaWeb, Nartey questioned the rationale behind the purchase of a luxury watch allegedly bought by former Deputy Director of the Authority, Gifty Oware-Mensah.
“If not to impress people, why would anyone buy a watch for $100,000? If it’s true, you buy a bag and go around displaying it. If I had that kind of money, I’d rather go to my hometown, invest it, and build a CHPS compound to take care of my people, and at the end of the day, gain something meaningful from it,” he stated.
Nartey, recounting his time with the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), bemoaned the recurring delays in the disbursement of NSS allowances.
According to him, many service personnel were left stranded for months without pay, making it difficult for them to even afford transportation to their duty posts.
“Some of them would stay away from work for three or four days, not because they didn’t want to work, but because they didn’t have money for transportation,” he remarked.
The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, disclosed on Friday, June 13, 2025, that the government’s anti-corruption task force, Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL), has completed investigations into a complex fraud scheme at the NSA.
Dr Ayine alleged that the scheme, reportedly orchestrated by former Deputy Executive Director Gifty Oware-Mensah, involved the manipulation of NSS personnel lists to secure a bank loan using allowances meant for ghost names.
“Our investigations reveal that several ghost names were deliberately added to the lists submitted to vendors, falsely representing the number of service personnel,” he stated at a press conference in Accra.
He added that legal proceedings will soon commence as part of the government’s renewed efforts to clamp down on corruption in public institutions.
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