The National Service Authority (NSA) has debunked allegations rife on the media that, it has introduced ghost names and inflated the payroll for the payment of allowances.
According to them, these allegations are baseless and unfounded.
“Following the series of publications with bizarre allegations against the Authority, the Management of the Authority conducted a quick review of the system and found all the allegations to be untrue”.
The Authority says, it has not inflated nor added any Ghost names to the payment of allowances to National Service personnel for the service years spanning from 2018- 2019 to 2023-2014.
The Authority in a statement explained that, since the institution of a strong electronic measures in 2021, the issues of Ghost names on payroll were resolved.
It noted that, this measure significantly created checks and balances in both the downstream and upstream mobilisation and deployment of National Service Personnel.
“These measures resulted in several preventive attempts of fraudsters into the system and generated savings of over 300 million cedis within the period of 4 years (2021-2024)”.
“The Authority has the inclined belief that no system including manual and electronic processes and procedures are perfect and devoid of impeachment. However, the result and the evidence of the elimination of attempted fraudsters into the National Service portal has been overwhelming and since 2021 drawn curtains-down on the presence of “Ghost Names” in the National Service system”, the statement added.
“It is worth emphasising that, the electronic system backed by consistent and progressive monitoring coupled with advanced technology (the use of the Ghana card, the facial verification system and the objective proof of eligibility from the tertiary institutions) brought highly desirable results”.
The Authority has reaffirmed its commitment to serving with integrity and ensuring that public resources are protected and utilized responsibly.
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