Ghanaian media personality, Afia Pokuaa, has lambasted the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah, over an alleged theft and willfully causing financial loss to the state.
In a video shared on Instagram, Afia Pokuaa described charges filed against Gifty Oware-Mensah as unquestionable and disgusting.
She explained that not a single member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) should defend the charges filed against the former NSA deputy director, as the medium through which she allegedly stole the GH¢38.4 million was deliberate.
“The national service scandal is disgusting. The charge against her is stealing, and that is not a small charge. Even the NPP gurus can not justify it. She should go and answer for herself in court. It just doesn’t make sense, and I don’t know any evidence she would use to justify herself… This is messed up,” she said.
How Gifty Oware-Mensah reportedly pulled off a GH¢38.4m NSS money laundering scheme
Afia Pokuaa further noted that even though Gifty Oware-Mensah is innocent until proven guilty, nobody should justify the case levelled against her.
“For her name to be attached to such a case is bad, but nobody should justify this. As I earlier said, innocent until proven guilty, so she should go and prove herself in court.
“Most of the people NPP gave appointments are questionable. She even gave a scholarship to her husband; meanwhile, some poor people genuinely wanted the scholarship. Whether she is guilty or not, this is unquestionable and a complete conflict of interest,” she added.
Background
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, on October 13, 2025, signed a charge sheet against the former Deputy Director-General of the National Service Authority, Gifty Oware-Mensah, accusing her of money laundering, stealing from the state, among other offences.
The six-page charge sheets filled against the former NSA deputy director also detailed that Gifty Oware-Mensah has allegedly misappropriated a total of GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024.
Gifty Oware-Mensah charged with GH¢38.4 million alleged theft and financial loss
According to the document sighted by GhanaWeb, the former NSA deputy director allegedly stole the money through a private account identified as Block of Life Consult for her personal benefit.
The document also detailed that between February 2022 and March 2024, Gifty Oware-Mensah willingly caused a financial loss to the state in the sum of GH¢6,956,157.47 by causing interest on the said amount to be charged by the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) on a GH¢31,502,091.40 loan she had inappropriately authorised.
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