The former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has been released from custody after meeting the GH¢10 million bail conditions.

Her release comes after several weeks in detention due to her reported failure to meet the bail conditions imposed on her by an Accra High Court on October 22, 2025.

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This development was confirmed by the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, in a Channel One TV interview on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.

"Madame Gifty Oware, [it was] yesterday that she met the GH¢10 million bail conditions and she has been released," he said.

Mohammed also disclosed that Oware-Mensah’s boss, Osei Assibey Antwi, the former Executive Director of the NSA, remains in custody following his inability to meet the GH¢800 million bail condition.

Additionally, he stated that the former Buffer Stock CEO, Abdul-Wahab Hanan, also remains in custody; however, his wife has been released after meeting her bail conditions.

Mohammed condemned what he described as the excessive bail conditions imposed on the individuals.

"Her boss is still there. GH¢800 million bail conditions. GH¢800 million, which is more than what has been used to build the Jubilee House. What kind of bail condition is that?

“Yesterday, I asked for Hanan, I was told that the case officer for Hanan was in court and I cannot see him. He is still there [in detention]. Yesterday the wife was released because she met the GH¢50 million bail conditions," he added.

Gifty Oware-Mensah is facing charges including stealing and money laundering in the ongoing GH¢38 million “ghost names” scandal.

The charges against Oware-Mensah stem from allegations by the Attorney General’s Department, accusing her of stealing over GH¢38 million between February 2022 and March 2024 while overseeing finance, audit, and procurement at the NSA.

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Prosecutors claim she diverted GH¢31.5 million from a loan facility intended to support National Service Personnel into private company accounts linked to her, using “ghost names” from the Authority’s system.

She faces counts of stealing, willfully causing financial loss to the state, abuse of public office for personal gain, and money laundering.

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