The president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has vowed to prosecute those responsible for the National Service Ghost Names Scandal.
President John Dramani Mahama on February 12, 2025 ordered the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) to conduct immediate investigations into the operations of the National Service Authority.
In delivering the State of the Nation address, John Dramani Mahama, the president, has pledged to prosecute the suspects of the National Service Ghost Names Scandal.
“Such brazen theft of public funds must not go unpunished,” he stated.
He revealed that the scandal, involving the criminal addition of over 80,000 ghost names, could have yielded the suspects over 50 million Ghana cedis every month. Unfortunately, some of these suspects are believed to have already fled from the country .
‘It is estimated that the criminal addition of some more than 80,000 ghost names could have yielded the suspects over 50 million Ghana cities every month. Unfortunately, some of these suspects are believed to have absconded from the country already.’
The President has directed that these individuals be declared wanted and their assets frozen until investigations are completed.
‘I have directed that they be declared wanted and their assets trenched and frozen until investigations are completed.’He declared.
The President has requested that the Minister of Youth Development and Empowerment coordinate and submit to Parliament a legislative instrument to support the implementation of the recently passed National Service Authority Act 2024, Act 1119, in order to establish a legally sound framework for governing National Service.
