Former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, and his former deputy, Gifty Oware, are set to appear before the High Court in Accra today, Friday, October 17, 2025, to face charges of alleged financial misconduct amounting to several millions of cedis.
Mr. Assibey Antwi has been charged with 14 counts, including causing financial loss to the state, stealing, and money laundering, in violation of sections 179A(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as well as section 1(2)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044).
Prosecutors allege that during his tenure between August 2021 and February 2025, the former NSA boss authorised payments to more than 60,000 ghost national service personnel, leading to significant financial losses to the state.
His deputy, Gifty Oware, also faces multiple charges, including stealing, money laundering, and abuse of office. The Attorney-General’s Department accuses her of misappropriating approximately GH¢38.46 million between February 2022 and March 2024 while supervising finance, audit, and procurement at the Authority.
According to the charge sheet, Ms. Oware allegedly diverted GH¢31.5 million from a loan facility intended to support national service personnel into the account of her private company, Blocks of Life Consult, under the pretext of supplying goods through a hire-purchase agreement.
Both former officials are expected to plead to the charges as the court begins hearing the high-profile case today.
Story By: Afia Ohenewaa Akyerem