Former Executive Director of NSS, Osei Assibey Antwi is set to be charged by the State
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has shared new details in the unfolding National Service Authority (NSA) scandal, including the discovery of a GH¢189 million transfer into a Bank of Ghana account, of which GH¢80 million remains unaccounted for.
Speaking during the Government Accountability Series on Monday July 28, 2025, Dr Ayine disclosed that the filing of charges in the case was scheduled for last week but had to be suspended after investigators uncovered fresh evidence of suspected financial misconduct.
“The National Service Authority scandal case was due to be filed last week when we stumbled upon further evidence of malfeasance involving an account at the Bank of Ghana, to which had been transferred an amount of One Hundred and Eighty-Nine Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢189,000,000.00),” the Attorney General stated.
He said investigations revealed that GH¢80 million of the transferred funds could not be traced.
Additionally, the AG mentioned that two cheques bearing the name and account details of the former Executive Director of the NSA, Osei Assibey Antwi, were discovered.
He noted that the cheques were used to withdraw a total of just under GH¢2 million from the said account.
“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 (GH¢2m) from the said account,” Dr Ayine revealed.
He explained that due to the emergence of this new evidence, his office had decided to delay the formal filing of charges to allow time for further investigations and verification.
“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,” the Attorney-General said.
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