Exactly one year ago today, Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association, Gifty Oware-Mensah, was officially charged by Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine with stealing and willfully causing financial loss to the State.

According to the charge sheet sighted by GhanaWeb, she was accused of misappropriating GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024. This generated controversy across the sporting fraternity, considering her role as a GFA ExCo member.

Read the story as originally published on ghanaweb.com on October 13, 2026 below

Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association, Gifty Oware-Mensah has been officially charged by the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine with stealing and willfully causing financial loss to the State.

According to the charge sheet sighted by GhanaWeb on Monday, October 13, 2025, Gifty Oware-Mensah is being accused of misappropriating a total of GH$38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024 while overseeing finance, audit, and procurement at the NSA.

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This comes after the Attorney General accused her in June 2025 of using her position at the NSS to siphon millions of cedis in public funds by manipulating payroll records.

GFA exco member charged with stealing and money laundering

The five counts charges Gifty Oware-Mensah include:

1. Stealing GH$31,502,091.40 belonging to the National Service Authority. 2. Willfully causing financial loss to the state through the fake hire-purchase arrangement. 3. Abuse of public office for personal gain. 4. Money laundering through the transfer of funds into personal and affiliated accounts.

The funds were secured through an agreement with the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), with repayments expected to be deducted from the allowances of 9,934 National Service Personnel, all of whom were later discovered to be fictitious.

Part of the misappropriated funds was traced to Amaecom Global Company, where Oware-Mensah was also a director, and other companies linked to her.

Investigations were triggered by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) following reports of corruption and financial irregularities at the NSA.

GFA exco member charged with stealing and money laundering

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