The Former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has officially been charged with multiple criminal offences including stealing, willfully causing financial loss to the state, using public office for profit, and money laundering.
According to a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General at the High Court in Accra, Mrs. Oware-Mensah allegedly misappropriated an amount of GH¢31,502,091.40, which belonged to the National Service Authority.
Court documents reveal that between February 2022 and March 2024, the accused reportedly caused the funds to be transferred to Blocks of Life Consult, a company of which she is said to be the ultimate beneficial owner. The money was purportedly meant for the supply of goods to National Service personnel under a hire-purchase scheme, which was never delivered.
The charges were filed under sections 124(1) and 179A(3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), covering offences of stealing and willfully causing financial loss to the Republic.
The Attorney General’s Office stated that Mrs. Oware-Mensah used her public office to profit illegally, orchestrating what investigators described as an “elaborate loan fraud” scheme that defrauded the state of over GH¢31.5 million.
The case, titled “Republic vs. Gifty Oware-Mensah”, has been filed under case number CR 0181/2025 at the High Court in Accra, and the accused is expected to make her first court appearance soon.
This development has sparked wide public attention, as Mrs. Oware-Mensah was a well-known figure in public administration and youth service programs.