By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
State prosecutors handling the trial of the former National Service Authority (NSA) Director General, Mr. Osei Assibey Antwi, and others in the NSA ghost names scandal have announced plans to amend the charge sheet against him.
The former Director General is standing trial over allegations that he authorised payments of GH¢500,861,744.02 in allowances to more than 60,000 non-existent national service personnel and diverted GH¢106 million from the NSA’s Kumawu Farm Project for personal use.
Mr. Assibey Antwi has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts, including causing financial loss, theft, and money laundering.
During proceedings on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, prosecutors told the court that a performance audit of the National Service Authority submitted to the Attorney General had highlighted the need to amend the earlier charge sheet.
They requested a short adjournment to replace the previous charge sheet with the amended version.
The case has been adjourned to Tuesday, February 25, 2026, to allow the prosecution to amend the charge sheet and for Mr. Assibey Antwi to retake his plea.
The former NSA Director was first granted GH¢800 million bail on October 30, 2025, with Justice Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie ordering six sureties, each backed by landed property.
His lawyers later applied to vary the terms after he was unable to meet the original conditions. In December 2025, the court revised the bail conditions to GH¢120 million with two sureties, down from the previously reduced GH¢630 million bail.
