Former Deputy Director for the National Service Authority, Gifty Oware, is expected in court today.
On October 22, 2025, when she made her first appearance, Gifty Oware was granted bail to the tune of ten million cedis.
Reports indicate that she spent weeks in custody before her bail conditions were met.
On Monday, October 13, 2025, the Attorney-General charged Mrs Oware-Mensah with five counts, including stealing, willfully causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
Mrs Oware-Mensah was supposed to appear in court on Friday, October 17, 2025, for the first time. But her lawyer on that day, Gary Nimako, produced an excuse duty to support the claim that she is indisposed.
Justice Kocuvi-Tay said she was not “happy” with the absence of Mrs Oware-Mensah.
According to court documents, Mrs Oware-Mensah created 9,934 fictitious names in the NSA database and utilised her private company, Blocks of Life Consult, to secure a GHC31.5 million loan from the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB).
The fact sheets also said she claimed her company had supplied goods on a hire-purchase basis to national service personnel. However, investigators found that the names were fictitious and no goods had been supplied.
Funds from the loan were reportedly paid into her company’s account and later transferred to other firms linked to her, causing a total loss of GHC38,458,248.87 to the state.
