Following President Mahama’s directive that all involved in the NSS scandal are on “Wanted” list during his first State of the National Address, the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has returned to the country for interrogation.
However, she was not arrested at the Kotoka International Airport as planned by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) upon her return to Ghana.
Speaking to the press at the airport moments after she arrived in the country, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin said she would visit the NIB with her lawyers to answer questions on the alleged scandal.
“Sometimes this ‘Rambo-style’ approach doesn’t help. If you want to invite someone, you can do so. The person is a public official, so there should be no problem,” he said.
“If the person arrives with a lawyer or states that they do not need one, and is willing to answer questions, and if bail is necessary, arrangements can be made. I think that is what is required by the law,” he added.
The NIB is probing her work at the NSS over allegations that thousands of ghost names were used to defraud the state of millions of cedis in allowances.
The government says it has uncovered a significant discrepancy in the National Service payroll, revealing 81,885 suspected ghost names.
