Acting Director-General of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Felix Gyamfi, has revealed that a major public university is implicated in the ongoing ghost names scandal that has rocked the scheme.
In an interview with TV3, Mr. Gyamfi alleged that the unnamed university submitted a list containing individuals who were not legitimate students, thereby contributing to payroll irregularities under the Scheme.
“Every aspect of the process is transparent. If you look at all the universities in Ghana, I have a list, and you would see. Even for the universities that submitted lists of people, there are numbers attached. We can trace them to the districts and regions where this occurred,” he said.
While declining to publicly name the institution, Mr. Gyamfi hinted that the scale of the malpractice within the said university was significantly higher than in other cases.
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“I could say to you today that there’s a particular university in Ghana where a lot of the malfunctions occurred; much more than anywhere else. But naming it publicly could have legal implications and damage the university’s credibility,” he stated.
He assured that the NSS has detailed records and is fully prepared to cooperate with any investigation initiated by the Auditor-General or other relevant bodies.
“If at any point in time the National Service Board or the Attorney General is interested in the matter, we’ll give it out for them to act on,” Mr. Gyamfi affirmed.
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According to him, internal administrative steps have already been taken to address the issue within the Scheme, but he stressed the importance of institutional accountability in resolving the matter fully.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Hamdia Mohammed
