It is emerging that the former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi—who is currently being investigated by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB)—struggled with conflicting stories as he attempted to implicate his subordinates during his interrogation in connection with the ongoing probe into the ghost names scandal.
Sources indicate that Mr. Osei Assibey appeared before the NIB on Thursday, March 20, accompanied by his lawyer, after receiving an invitation to appear before the investigative body.
He was reportedly subjected to several hours of questioning regarding the scandal, which involves the fraudulent enlistment of non-existent personnel onto the NSA payroll. Sources say he was inconsistent and fumbled in his attempts to shift blame onto people who had worked under him.
According to individuals familiar with the interrogation, the former NSA boss appeared jittery throughout as he tried to point fingers at staff who had acted on his instructions.
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in a media encounter on March 24, 2025, stated that there was evidence showing that, in November 2024, the Executive Director and others paid a Ghanaian Member of Parliament to suppress the story in the media and defend them.
The NIB launched its investigations following an exposé by The Fourth Estate, which uncovered widespread irregularities within the scheme.
As part of the probe, two former Deputy Directors of the NSA, Gifty Oware Mensah and Kwaku Ohene Djan, were earlier invited and questioned over their roles in the alleged fraud.
