The charges filed against the former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, and his deputy, Gifty Oware-Mensah, are expected to be heard in court on Friday, October 17, 2025.

The two accused persons, who are facing criminal charges, are expected to appear in court to enter their pleas and respond to allegations of financial misconduct involving several million cedis, citinewsroom.com reports.

Gifty Oware-Mensah charged with GH¢38.4 million alleged theft and financial loss

On October 13, 2025, the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, formally charged Gifty Oware-Mensah with stealing and willfully causing financial loss to the state.

According to the Attorney General’s Department, Oware-Mensah allegedly misappropriated a total of GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024 while supervising the finance, audit, and procurement divisions of the NSA.

The charges against her include: stealing GH¢31,502,091.40 belonging to the National Service Authority, willfully causing financial loss to the state through a fraudulent hire-purchase scheme, abuse of public office for personal gain and money laundering through the transfer of illicit funds into personal and affiliated accounts.

On the other hand, Osei Assibey Antwi has been charged with 14 counts, including causing financial loss to the republic, stealing, and money laundering, in a case involving more than GH¢600 million.

According to a charge sheet filed at the Accra High Court on October 13, 2025, the former NSA boss is accused of authorising payments to over 60,000 non-existent national service personnel and misappropriating public funds during his tenure between August 2021 and February 2025.

Assibey Antwi faces multiple charges under sections 179A(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), and section 1(2)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044).

Osei Assibey Antwi charged with GH¢600 million financial loss, stealing and others

He also faces six counts of stealing, involving several million cedis between August 2023 and May 2024, including GH¢3.6 million on August 22, 2023, and multiple transfers of GH¢516,000 each in the following months.

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