The Director-General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Felix Gyamfi, has disclosed that collaborations are ongoing with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to curb corruption-related activities at the NSA, including the issue of ghost names.
According to Mr. Gyamfi, GTEC will now be required to approve and verify accredited universities—both public and private—before their graduates can be accepted for national service.
He explained that before this new measure, some universities that either did not exist or lacked accreditation were accepted into the NSA system without proper approval from GTEC, allowing ghost names to be created and enabling financial fraud.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s Hot Issues on Sunday, June 15, 2025, Mr. Gyamfi emphasized that universities not approved by GTEC would no longer be eligible for national service.
“From now we are going to be very transparent about it. Whereas in the past, they had not involved GTEC to approve the list of the universities and all that’
“I have sent every list of schools that we have received, including the private ones, to GTEC. If GTEC says you are not in the list of their accredited universities, there’s no way you will be allowed to do national service either as a school or individual, and then I will make the list available in the coming days,” he stated.
Through GTEC’s verification process, 50 unaccredited universities have been identified, some of which had been previously approved for national service.
“Already, the GTEC approval process has mentioned or identified about 50 schools that will not be allowed to do national service.
“The reason is either their accreditation has expired. For about 18 of them, they have never had accreditation at all but in the past, they were doing national service,” he revealed.
Meanwhile, at a press conference in Accra on Friday, June 13, 2025, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, disclosed that over GH¢8.2 million was paid into a personal Ezwich account belonging to the former Director-General of NSA, Mr. Osei-Assibey Antwi.
This revelation followed investigations into the ghost names scandal, which has long plagued the NSA with allegations of payments being made to non-existent service personnel, leading to major financial losses for the state.
“A total of eight million, two hundred and fifty-six thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢8,256,000.00) was deposited into Ezwich account number 1177042059, which is registered in the name of suspect Osei-Assibey. During a search at his residence, the Ezwich card linked to the account was found,” Dr. Ayine disclosed.
The investigations identified 12 suspects, including key former NSA officials, believed to be involved in the fraudulent activities.
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It’s a good thing. The Director of NSA should fasting his steps on the increment of the NSP allowance. We’re are really suffering here. Being posted to a regional capital with 715 cedis is costing us a lot. He should take NSPs into consideration and fight for us.