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Ghanaians on the social media page X are mounting pressure on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to suspend its Executive Council Member, Gifty Oware-Mensah, following the GH¢38.4m NSS allegation levelled against her.
Gifty Oware-Mensah, who is a Deputy Director-General of the National Service Authority, has been charged with stealing and willfully causing financial loss to the state.
Ghanaians have called on the GFA to strip her of her position as an Executive Council Member, arguing that the corruption charges she faces tarnish the image of the football association.
They called for the GFA to distance itself from the controversy.
Others have also hinted that if the GFA fails to act, they will submit a petition to the Fedéeation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
The Attorney-General’s Department alleged Gifty Oware-Mensah misappropriated a total of GH¢38,458,248.87 between February 2022 and March 2024, overseeing finance, audit, and procurement at the NSA.
According to prosecutors, she dishonestly transferred GH¢31.5 million from a loan facility meant to support National Service Personnel into her private company accounts.
The said money was under the pretext of supplying goods on a hire-purchase basis; however, investigation revealed no such goods were supplied, and the names used to secure the loan were ghost names from the NSA’s internal system.
Part of the document read, “… Between February 2022 and March 2024, the accused approached officials of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and informed them that the NSA had signed an agreement with her company, Blocks of Life Consult (BLC), to sell products on hire-purchase to National Service Personnel. She claimed that she required a loan of GH¢ 78, 139, 910.00 to support her business”.
“ADB told the accused that they could not approve the loan of GH¢78,139,910.00 as it would mean they would be deducting the full allowances of the supposed NSP. The accused later agreed with the bank on the Principal sum of GH¢31,502,091.40 and interest of GH¢ 6,956 157. Forty-seven to be paid through source deduction of the 9,934 NSP allowance over 11 months.
“… The account was designated as NSA HIRE PURCHASE and had the account number 1221MPL230610001. The loan amount of GH¢ 31,502,091.40 was disbursed into the NSA HIRE PURCHASE account, and on the accursed’s instructions to the bank, the loan amount was subsequently transferred into Block of Life Consult, her company’s account number 108101016216501.”
AG also alleged, “Out of the money received, the accused transferred GH¢22,925,518,69 to Amaecom Global Company of which she was a director, and the remaining amount to three other companies.”
Gifty Oware-Mensah’s charges include “Stealing GH¢31,502,091.40 belonging to the National Service Authority. Willfully causing financial loss to the state through the fake hire-purchase arrangement, Abuse of public office for personal gain and Money laundering through the transfer of funds into personal and affiliated accounts”.
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She’s pending investigation and Court proceedings, please suspend her from her position in the GFA. I have never liked this lady after what she did to the “Black Princess”. Jail her and put her in the cell next to Agraada or make them cell mates
— Riches (@samuelkwakye58) October 13, 2025
🚨He has been charged, finally
— Listowel Mensah, MBA (@Listo_Mens) October 13, 2025
Time to write to FIFA to get him out of the EXCO if the ethics committee won’t do their work here. 😤 pic.twitter.com/kR8bZb4u9f
He should be out of that exco
— fridaysVeryOwn (@babonisubanpa) October 14, 2025