{
  "id": 19607935,
  "title": "Gifty Oware submitted 63,673 fictitious names for payment — witness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/gifty-oware-submitted-63-673-fictitious-names-for-payment-witness",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T05:58:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/gifty-oware-submitted-63673-fictitious-names-for-payment-witness/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent trial witnessing, Detective Sergeant Collins Woode testified before the High Court in Accra regarding an alleged GH¢38.4 million National Service Authority (NSA) scandal. The evidence revealed that 63,673 fictitious names were submitted for payment during the 2023 and 2024 service years. The forensic analysis of the NSA's Central Management System confirmed that these individuals had received allowances despite not rendering any service. Sergeant Woode's testimony, supported by exhibits, was admitted as evidence before Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay.",
  "summary": "Investigations into the alleged GH¢38.4 million National Service Authority (NSA) scandal have established that 63,673 names submitted for payment of allowances during the 2023 and 2024 service years were fictitious. This was disclosed yesterday by the fourth prosecution witness, Detective Sergeant Collins Woode, when he testified before the High Court in Accra. He told the … The post Gifty Oware…",
  "key_points": [
    "Detective Sergeant Collins Woode testified in Accra High Court.",
    "63,673 fictitious names submitted for payment in 2023-2024.",
    "NSA scandal case value amounted to GH¢38.4 million."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The systematic submission of tens of thousands of fake identities indicates a massive breach of internal controls that allowed public funds to be diverted through the National Service Authority.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}