The Deputy Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has been implicated in a recent exposé by The Fourth Estate, spearheaded by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure.
The investigation has unveiled the identities of affluent individuals who allegedly obtained scholarships meant for academically gifted but financially disadvantaged Ghanaians.
Per reports, Gifty who has denied receiving any scholarship, “obtained a government scholarship of GBP18,450 (GBP means Great British Pound) to study at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom in 2020 to pursue an MSc in Development Policy and Politics.”
It is said that she received the scholarship three years after she started working for the Secretariat.
According to the Fourth Estate, they reached out to her on January 19, 2024, and her response was “From 2019, my name has been Gifty Oware-Mensah. Let me call Kingsley [Agyemang] and get back. I don’t know what you’re talking about. Let me speak to them and get back to you.”
The Fourth Estate further reported that “She later sent a text message that she was driving to Sunyani and would revert. Subsequent calls to her did not yield result.”
Madam Gifty is said to own Berry Ladies FC, a female football formerly known as Halifax Ladies FC, which is currently playing in Ghana’s women premier league.
In other matters, the 2023/24 NSS personnel are calling on the government to settle the allowance arrears owed them. Per reports, government has not payed personnel for the previous two months.
Corruption and corrupt related acts and they must be made to pay with interest.