Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has revealed Gifty Oware-Mensah, a former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), has returned to Ghana and was prepared to cooperate with investigations by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) into allegations of at least 80,000 ghost names in the authority’s payroll.

The Effutu MP and lawyer said Mrs Oware-Mensah arrived in Ghana on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, and would readily appear before the NIB in the company of her lawyers.

He said, “I am aware that Gifty arrived this afternoon. I have been in touch with her; she’s here in Ghana. Her lawyers are in contact with the National Investigation Bureau, and I am sure she is going to make herself available. Whatever the state investigation authorities have, they would proceed within due process.”

The lawmaker emphasised he and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) were not anti-accountability, only that they favoured due process.

“My view is that the NPP is not against accountability, me inclusive. We have been in public service, we are out of it, so obviously if the new government needs former officials to explain certain matters in one way or the other, it is in their right to do so,” he said.

Challenging rumours Gifty Oware-Mensah flew out of Ghana to fleeing accountability, Haruna Mohammed, the NPP Deputy General Secretary, told Joy News, she was rather on official duty abroad.

He added, “I would like to state the fact that the allegation of fraud remains an allegation. This is an established fact that has been publicly said at the National Service Authority. This is an allegation which has not been proven.”

During this delivery of the State of the Nation Address (SONA), February 27, President John Dramani Mahama asked security agencies to put individuals accused of corruption offences on a wanted list.

Earlier, the NIB had picked up and questioned Kwaku Ohene Gyan, alias Osonoba, a former Deputy Director of Operations at the NSA.