System Shock: NSA Freezes Payments, Arrests Staff in Nationwide Payroll Cleanup
The National Service Authority (NSA) has found major problems with its payroll system after checking its records, identifying 8,105 suspicious entries and temporarily stopping 1,840 people from being paid while security agencies continue investigations. At a press briefing on Monday, December 15, NSA Director-General Ruth Dela Seddoh said the results were alarming and showed signs of organised wrongdoing, with the discrepancies coming from mismatches between the number of graduates officially issued by some universities — including the University for Development Studies, Ghana Communication Technology University and Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development — and the lists submitted for national service postings. She added that the probe has already led to the arrest of 10 staff from the schools who are helping security agencies with their work, and explained that closing the service portal after two deadline extensions was part of a careful process to check deployment information, verify people’s attendance, remove fake names and make sure only properly confirmed personnel get paid, stressing that these steps were needed to protect public money and rebuild trust in the national service system.
