The National Service Authority (NSA) has declined to release data regarding recent graduate postings and the total expenditure involved, according to Kwaku Krobea Asante, Programme Manager for the Independent Journalism Project at the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).
Speaking on Joy FM’s Corruption Watch during the Super Morning Show on Wednesday, May 13, Mr. Asante stated that the information request followed the 2024 NSA “ghost name” scandal, which prompted increased public demand for financial accountability.
“The current one we are dealing with is the National Service Authority. When we were doing the on the ghost name scandal, we wrote to them to give us access to some specific information. In fact, the data we were requesting was just a breakdown, a physical breakdown of how many people have been posted over the period; they didn’t give us that information,” Mr. Asante said.
Following the NSA’s refusal to provide the data, the MFWA petitioned the Right to Information (RTI) Commission. However, Mr. Asante noted that the Authority has still not complied with the request.
He further disclosed that the RTI Commission imposed a fine on the NSA for its non-compliance, which remains unpaid.
“The Commission made a determination (of Ghc50,000) last year, around March 2025 and then in the last two months, the Commission did a calculation of the Ghc50,000 with the interest, and it came to a value of Ghc159,000,” he added.