[ 2015-05-27 ]

33 National Service Staff interdicted
Thirty-three staff of the National Service Scheme
have been interdicted after being indicted in a
Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) report
over malfeasance at Scheme.

The staff were interdicted on the advice of the
Board following receipt of official report from
the BNI last week about the financial malfeasance
identified in the operations of the Personnel
Allowances Accounts in the 2013/2014 service
year.

A press statement signed by the acting Executive
Director of the Scheme, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte
said the interdiction is the first in line of
various administrative measures towards
appropriate disciplinary actions.

According to the statement, the staff members
interdicted so far, are mostly from the National
Secretariat and Regional Offices, and include
Regional Directors, Accountants, and
Administrators of the Scheme.

Dr. Kpessa-Whyte further indicated that Management
is reviewing sections of the report that focused
on the involvement of District level officers of
the Scheme to determine the appropriate
disciplinary actions.

The statement noted that the Scheme’s
administrative and disciplinary measures are
without prejudice to any legal actions by the
State on account of President John Mahama’s
relentless war against corruption and
malfeasance.

It would be recalled that in October last year,
the Board of the National Service Scheme asked
some senior staff of the Scheme to step aside to
enable the BNI carry out investigations without
interference following allegations of “Ghost
Names” in the Scheme’s personnel allowance
payroll.

Source - Starrfm

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