The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has revealed that per investigations so far into the NSS scandal, the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Service Scheme and others paid monies to an MP to cover up the NSS scandal story in the media.
“We also have evidence that the CEO of the National Service Scheme and others paid a Ghanaian MP to kill the story in the media and to defend them,” Dr Ayine said at a press conference on Monday, March 24, 2025.
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Providing further updates on the case, the Attorney-General stated that eight persons have so far been investigated and progress have been made with some suspects providing significant information to help with the case.
He assured the public that investigations will be concluded by middle of April 2025.
“I can confirm that investigation will conclude in the National Service and Sky Train scandals by the middle of April for prosecutions to proceed,” he said.
“In the National Service scandal, eight suspects have been interrogated, and a good number of them have started ‘singing’ literally,” he stated.
“We will give you details of their songs at the appropriate time,” he added.
According to Dr Ayine, the investigations have proved that indeed there were illicit transactions.
“We now have evidence of payments that were made into the accounts of the top executives of the National Service by private vendors and staff of the scheme,” he revealed.
The AG indicated that more details will soon emerge in the ongoing investigations into the National Service and Sky Train scandals, describing the situation as a “developing story.”
“This is a developing story, and more of it will come out very soon,” he assured.
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