Former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware Mensah, has been ordered by the High Court in Accra to file all her witnesses by December 17, 2025.
The move is to ensure an effective Case Management Conference on December 17, when her GH¢38 million National Service Ghost names scandal case is called.
The case was adjourned on Tuesday, November 25, when the case was up for a Case Management Conference.
Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay said the business for the day (Thursday, November 25) was for the Case Management Conference (CMC).
The prosecution’s submission revealed they were yet to properly file and serve the accused person and his lawyers with the same.
The Court said, “I order the other side (Accused person) to file a list of witnesses they may call when it becomes necessary. This should be filed before the next adjourned date to enable the court to conduct a case management conference.”
Mrs Yvonne Atakorah Obuobisa, the Director of Public Prosecutions, had earlier stated the Prosecution had filed almost all their disclosures. “We were directed by this court to file our disclosure by the 19th November, 2025. Due to a few hitches from our witnesses in signing their portion of their (Witnesses’ Statements), we were unable to meet the deadline”.
“We have this morning (November 25) filed almost all the witness statements, so we plead with the court for just a week more to file what is left”, she added.
Meanwhile, the case was adjourned to December 17 for a Case Management Conference.
In addition, Gifty Oware-Mensah has been released on bail after fulfilling the conditions of her GH¢10 million bail.
The former deputy NSA boss met her bail condition after 20 days, after she was granted bail by the High Court.
Reports suggest, Gifty Oware-Mensah met the requirements on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in the company of her husband and lawyer, Opoku Adusei, who is also the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem.
Mrs Oware-Mensah, accused of causing a financial loss of over GH¢38 million to the state, has denied all charges.
In court, Gifty Oware-Mensah pleaded not guilty to five charges levelled against her by the Attorney General.
The former NSA Deputy Executive Director pleaded not guilty to five charges, including stealing and money laundering, in the ₵38 million ghost names scandal.
The Attorney-General’s Department alleged Gifty Oware-Mensah misappropriated a total of GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024, overseeing finance, audit, and procurement at the NSA.
According to prosecutors, she dishonestly transferred GH¢31.5 million from a loan facility meant to support National Service Personnel into her private company accounts.
The said money was under the pretext of supplying goods on a hire-purchase basis; however, investigation revealed no such goods were supplied, and the names used to secure the loan were ghost names from the NSA’s internal system.
AG also alleged, “Out of the money received, the accused transferred GH¢22,925,518,69 to Amaecom Global Company of which she was a director, and the remaining amount to three other companies.”
Gifty Oware-Mensah’s charges include “Stealing GH¢31,502,091.40 belonging to the National Service Authority. Willfully causing financial loss to the state through the fake hire-purchase arrangement, Abuse of public office for personal gain and Money laundering through the transfer of funds into personal and affiliated accounts”.
