Former Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Osei Assibey Antwi, has been slapped with 21 criminal charges following the filing of an amended charge sheet by the prosecution after further investigations.
The charges were read before the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra, on Monday, presided over by Justice Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie.
Mr. Assibey Antwi pleaded not guilty to all the counts, which include stealing, causing financial loss to the state, money laundering and improper payment of public funds.
The accused appeared in court with his lawyers, led by Ralph Opoku Adusei and Enock Adu Ameyaw, who prayed the court to allow him to remain on the bail conditions earlier granted on December 11, 2025.
The prosecution, led by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, did not oppose the request.
Justice Quarshie accordingly ordered that Mr. Assibey Antwi remain on the existing bail terms.
Presenting the brief facts of the case, the prosecution said investigations by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) revealed that between 2018 and 2024, about 63,672 unverified registrants were submitted to the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) for the payment of allowances or vendor services.
The prosecution said that between August 2021 and February 2025, a total of GH¢431,761,556.76 was allegedly paid as allowances to unverified persons and individuals who did not undertake national service duties.
The court heard that some vendors questioned during investigations admitted receiving payments through GhIPSS for services they had not rendered and later refunded the monies in cash to the accused person.
Investigators also allegedly uncovered an e-zwich card registered in the accused person’s name and linked to an NSA account at the Agricultural Development Bank.
The card is said to have received GH¢8,256,000 funds meant for the payment of allowances to national service personnel.
According to the prosecution, the accused initially denied knowledge of the card, but it was later found in his bedroom during a search conducted at his Dome residence in the presence of his lawyer.
The prosecution further alleged that Mr. Assibey Antwi authorised payments running into millions of cedis to companies for projects under the Sekyere-Kumawu Economic Enclave farm project, including land acquisition, irrigation systems and other services that were either not verified or not executed.
The court directed the prosecution to file its disclosures and witness statements to enable the trial to commence.
The case has been adjourned to April 13, 2026.
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