Gifty Oware-Mensah, a member of the Executive Council of the GFA
Hopeson Adorye, a former member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has mounted a spirited defence of Gifty Oware-Mensah, a member of the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association and a former Deputy Director of the National Service Authority, whose name has popped up in an alleged payroll fraud.
Hopeson Adorye, who claims to have inside knowledge of the operations of the NSA, holds that Gifty Oware-Mensah, who is the chairperson of the Management Committee of the Black Queens, could not have been involved due to the role she occupied.
Detailing the organogram and workflow at the NSA, Hopeson Adorye claimed that Gifty Oware-Mensah’s role as a Deputy Director in charge of administration makes it impossible for her to have been involved in the alleged scam.
He holds that the persons who served as Deputy Directors in charge of operations at the NSA are more likely to have been involved, as the process falls directly under their office.
“I don’t know why my niece, Gifty Oware-Mensah, has become the focus of their campaign at the NSA. They are focusing on her while the others are being left off the hook.
“The process is such that the institutions will submit names for recruitment. After that, the Director in charge of deployment will generate the pins. The next step involves the Deputy Director in charge of operations giving the approval. Gifty was a Deputy Director in charge of administration. Nana B was in charge of operations. Which part of their system involves Gifty for them to have gone after her?” he said.
Reports indicate the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) wants to question Gifty Oware-Mensah over the payroll scandal which rocked the NSA.
She is currently on an assignment with the Black Queens in Morocco.
Oware-Mensah is a member of the GFA Executive Council, co-owner of Berry Ladies Football Club, and Vice President of Berekum Chelsea.
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