The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has noted that an amount of GH¢8,256,000.00 was deposited into an E-zwich account registered in the name of the former Director-General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei-Assibey Antwi, during the 2022/2023 service year.
According to him, investigations have shown that the former boss of the authority received the funds.
He made the revelation when he addressed the press on June 13, 2025, as part of the investigations into the National Service Authority’s ghost names scandal.
This is part of the government’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL)’s mandate.
The AG, however, noted that the E-zwich card in question was discovered during a search by the task force.
“In the 2022/2023 service year, a total of eight million, two hundred and fifty-six thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢8,256,000.00) was deposited into EZWICH account number 1177042059, which is registered in the name of suspect Osei Assibey. Investigations showed that he personally received these funds. During a search at his residence, the aforementioned Ezwich card was found,” he revealed.
Dr Ayine also provided details of monies “stolen” from 2018 to 2024 regarding the National Service Authority’s ‘ghost names’ scandal.
According to him, from the 2018/2019 service year to the 2023/2024 service year, a total of GH¢548,333,482.65 was lost to the scandal.
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