NSS Ghost Names: Mahama Directs That Akufo-Addo Appointees On The Run Be Declared Wanted

• President John Mahama has directed that people allegedly on the run over the National Service Authority ghost names scandal are to be declared wanted
• The president also said their accounts and assets would be frozen pending the completion of investigations
• A recent headcount of National Service Scheme beneficiaries has shown 81,885 ghost names on the payroll

President John Mahama says he has directed that some people linked to the National Service Authority ghost names scandal are to be declared wanted.

Mahama also said their accounts and assets would be frozen pending the completion of investigations.

During his State of the Nation address, the president said it was believed that some of them had run away from the country and were to be declared wanted.

"I have directed that they be declared wanted and their assets traced and frozen until investigations are completed."

The president did not name any suspects.

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A recent headcount of National Service Scheme beneficiaries showed 81,885 ghost names on the payroll.

This prompted Mahama to order the National Investigations Bureau to investigate the National Service Authority's tenure under the previous government.

Other detentions by National Investigations Bureau

YEN.com.gh reported that the former Public Procurement Authority Board Chairman, Professor Ameyaw Akumfi was detained by the National Investigative Bureau.

The detention was linked to an ongoing probe into financial dealings which transpired during his tenure as Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF).

Former Minister for Railway Development Joe Ghartey was also invited by the National Intelligence Bureau over the Ghana Sky Train project. The project was announced in 2018 as an infrastructure plan to ease mobility in Accra.

Under Ghartey, Ghana signed a concession agreement with Africa Investment (Ai) Sky Train Consortium in 2019, with an estimated cost of $3 billion. However, the project never took off, and concerns were raised about its feasibility and financing.

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In 2022, the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund disclosed that it had invested $2 million in the project.

Source: YEN.com.gh