A new forensic report by the Auditor-General has found that Gifty Oware-Mensah, a former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority, was wrongly listed as a national service person while she was already serving as a full-time public officer.
The report says her enrolment as a service person was approved by Mustapha Ussif on April 22, 2021. That approval allowed her to receive a total of GH¢6,708.48 in service allowances from the state.
Her enrolment, which was based on a Master of Public Administration degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), violated both the National Service Act and internal regulations that prohibit public officers from receiving national service allowances.
The Auditor-General described the arrangement as unlawful since Oware-Mensah was not eligible to perform national service while occupying a salaried public position.
“The minister’s endorsement of the enrolment lacked legal basis and constituted an irregular interference,” the audit report stated.
The report is part of a broader forensic audit into irregularities within the National Service Scheme and related institutions.
