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President John Dramani Mahama has directed the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) to launch an immediate investigation into the operations of the National Service Authority under the previous administration. This follows the discovery of 81,885 suspected ghost names on the Authority’s payroll.
The fraudulent entries were uncovered during a headcount of active National Service personnel, conducted at the request of the Minister for Finance as a prerequisite for clearing allowance arrears dating back to August 2024.
Upon completing the verification process, the Ministry of Finance released GHS 226,019,224 to cover allowance payments for 98,145 legitimate National Service Personnel. This figure is 81,885 fewer than the 180,030 names initially submitted by the previous management of the Authority for payments in 2024.
In response, President Mahama has also directed the newly appointed leadership of the National Service Authority to implement urgent reforms aimed at strengthening internal controls and preventing future occurrences of ghost names on the payroll.
Source:Omanghana.com
