Mahama Orders Investigation Into NSS Ghost Names Scandal

SONA 2025: NSS to Include Short Military Training – Mahama

President John Mahama has announced plans to integrate short military training into the National Service Scheme (NSS) to enhance discipline and physical fitness among the youth. Delivering the 2025 State of the Nation Address on Thursday, February 27, Mahama emphasized the government’s commitment to strengthening the legal framework governing national service. “I have tasked the Minister of Youth Development and Empowerment to present a legislat…

NSS scandal: over 81k ghost names cost Ghana GH¢704.25 million annually

A recent headcount of National Service Scheme beneficiaries revealed 81,885 ghost names on the payroll, costing taxpayers GHS 704.25 million annually.

Ghana's president has ordered an investigation after more than 81,000 fictitious names were found on a government agency's payroll. Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has ordered an investigation into the state's intern ... ...

NSS Scandal: The inside story

In February 2022 when former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia visited the National Service Authority (NSA), its management, led by the Director-General, Osei Assibey Antwi, claimed they had implemented a digitalization process that had saved the country GHC 112 million. Mr Antwi, the 59-year-old former Mayor of Kumasi, said the introduction of an app called ‘Metric app’, which combines facial recognition technology and identity card checks for…

Ghana: Mahama Probes 81,000 Ghost Workers Found In Payroll

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has ordered an immediate investigation into the workings of the National Service Authority under his predecessor following the discovery of over 81,000 suspected ghost workers in the payroll system. The discovery was made after an audit of the workforce aimed at clearing arrears in allowance payments at the agency, which supervises mandatory one-year employment placements for graduat…

Mahama Orders Investigation Into NSS Ghost Names Scandal

John Mahama    President John Dramani Mahama has ordered the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) to conduct an immediate investigation into the operations of the National Service Authority (NSA) under the previous government. This follows the discovery of 81885 suspected ghost names on the scheme. In a release, dated February 12, 2025, the ghost names were detected following a head count of active National Service Personnel at the behest of the …