Total amount stolen in NSA scandal stands at 2.2 billion not 548 million – Attorney-General

The Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has revealed that the total amount of money stolen or illegally spent in the National Service Authority (NSA) scandal has now risen to GH¢2.2 billion.

This was determined through a forensic audit conducted by the Auditor-General, which uncovered a larger amount of financial irregularities than initially found but the Attorney-General.

Dr. Dominic Ayine made this disclosure during the Government Accountability Series on October 22.

“The Auditor-General has conducted a forensic audit into the NSA scandal and the total amount stolen or illegally spent now stands at 2.2 billion and not the 548 million that was uncovered by my investigators as at June 2025,” he said.

He stressed the importance of painstaking investigations in criminal matters, explaining that forensic audits dig deeper than standard financial reviews.

“Forensic audit means that they’ve gone beyond what ordinary auditing would have done,” he said.

According to the Attorney-General, the new findings will lead to updates in the ongoing prosecutions.

“Based upon this, we’re going to amend our charge sheet in some cases in order to bring fresh charges,” he said.

Dr. Ayine also outlined the existing charges and those yet to be filed.

“We have filed charges against the Executive Director Osei Assigbey Antwi and his deputy Gifty Oware,” he confirmed.

“Charges are being prepared against the rest of the public officers and the so-called marketplace vendors. In all, we intend to file about 10 cases in the NSA scandal,” he added.

He revealed that prosecutors plan to use some accused persons as witnesses to strengthen their cases.

“We will use some of the public officers and vendors as prosecution witnesses,” he said.

Dr. Ayine explained that this prosecutorial strategy is yielding results and will continue to be employed in similar cases.

“In a situation where there is a small criminal among big criminals, and the small criminal knows a lot, it is better as a matter of prosecutorial strategy to use the small criminal to get the information in order to be able to succeed, and that is what I am doing,” he said.

The Attorney-General reaffirmed his office’s commitment to thorough investigations.