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If you missed our NSS exposé that triggered the Attorney-General's decision to prosecute a dozen former executives of the NSS, read this:

🡪 https://thefourthestategh.com/2025/02/nss-scandal-the-inside-story/

🡪 https://thefourthestategh.com/2025/02/nss-scandal-how-officials-bypassed-validation-process-to-stuff-payroll-with-ghost-names/

The Fourth Estate’s explosive investigation reveals how top National Service Scheme (NSS) officials and vendors systematically looted state funds meant for Ghanaian youth.

📉 Here is the staggering losses by year since 2018/2019.

IMPACT: After our exposé on the ghost names scandal at the NSS, the Attorney-General is prosecuting Mustapha Ussif, Osei Assibey Antwi, Gifty Oware and 9 others.

More here: https://thefourthestategh.com/2025/06/nss-scandal-a-g-to-prosecute-12-over-gh%c2%a2548m-ghost-names-fraud-after-the-fourth-estate-expose/

NSS Scandal: A-G to prosecute 12 over GH¢548m ghost names fraud after The Fourth Estate exposé - The Fourth Estate The Attorney-General is charging former officials of the National Service Authority for their involvement in the scandalous creation of thousands of ghost names to siphon more than GH¢548 million cedis from the public purse. Two former NSS bosses — Mustapha Ussif (2017–2021) and Osei Assibey An...

Gifty Oware-Aboagye while serving as a Deputy Director of the NSS also got a scholarship from the Scholarship Secretariat to study in the UK.

Read more at : https://thefourthestategh.com/2024/04/scholarships-bonanza-part-the-powerful-grab-as-double-scholarships-flow-2/

Asset declaration: The Supreme Court lords who disregarded the law - The Fourth Estate Four judges of Ghana’s Supreme Court, who were appointed in 2023 and 2024, have failed to declare their assets and liabilities

NSS Scandal: Gov’t suspends national service digital system after The Fourth Estate exposé - The Fourth Estate The Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment has announced the immediate suspension of the Central Management System (CMS) used for postings by the National Service Authority (NSA). The directive follows emerging concerns over the integrity of the platform. A statement issued on Wednesday June....

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