General News of Thursday, 18 April 2019Source: GNABNI keeping GHC6.5 million belonging to NSS – Executive DirectorExecutive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mustapha UssifMr Mustapha Ussif, Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has revealed that the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is still keeping an amount of GHC6.5 million belonging to the scheme as an exhibit in a case. According to him, the BNI in their operation to collect money allegedly taken from service personnel allowances account created the BNI Director’s account to deposit the money in. Mr Ussif’s response followed a question by Mr Sam George, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Pampram why the GHC6.5 million should be put in BNI Director’s account. “I do not see how the GHC6.5 million sitting in the BNI’s account and not being sent back to chest as evidence. The NSS was rocked by ghost names in 2014, which led to the arrest and criminal prosecution of several officers, including; the then Executive Director, Alhaji Alhassan Mohammed Imoro and 34 others.

Source: GhanaWeb April 18, 2019 13:30 UTC