A former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah has returned to the country today.
However, she was not arrested at the Kotoka International Airport as planned by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) upon her return to Ghana from the diaspora.
Speaking to the press at the airport moments after she arrived in the country, Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin said she has arrived but will be visiting the NIB with her lawyers to answer questions on the alleged scandal.
The NIB is probing her work at the NSS over allegations that thousands of ghost names were used to defraud the state of millions of cedis in allowances.
As the Deputy Executive Director, Gifty Oware-Mensah had responsibility for administration and finance of the NSS and is expected to be a key witness in the ongoing investigations.
The alleged payroll fraud is reported to have cost the state a staggering GHȼ50 million each month.
It is unclear how long the alleged scheme run.
Over the weekend, the government announced an extradition process to bring key suspects in alleged malfeasance back to Ghana, following reports that some individuals wanted to assist in investigations had fled the country to evade justice.
The NIB recently detained and questioned Kwaku Ohene Djan, also a former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority, over the raging allegations.
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