Ghana courts hear corruption cases of former BNC director and NSA accountant

In Accra High Court, former Bureau of National Communications (BNC) Director‑General Kwabena Adu‑Boahene testified that investigators found GH¢49.1 million transferred from a BNC Fidelity Bank account into the account of a private company owned by him and his wife. Economic and Organised Crime Office staff officer Frank Marshall Cromwell said three cheques signed by Adu‑Boahene in 2020 were deposited into BNC Communications Bureau Limited’s Universal Merchant Bank account, and that the company’s ownership structure linked directly to Advantage Solutions Ltd.

Separately, former Head of Accounts at the National Service Authority, Eric Nyarko, told the same court that he only received processed data for the ADB‑NSA hire‑purchase scheme. He said the list of 6,623 service personnel was generated by the NSA’s IT consultant, Samuel Korley, and that he forwarded 5,890 names to Deputy Executive Director Gifty Oware‑Aboagye under her instructions. Nyarko claimed he did not verify the identities and noted that many names were “ghost” entries that had been paid.

Both trials involve alleged misuse of public funds and highlight ongoing anti‑corruption investigations into Ghanaian public institutions.