'Officials behind unlawful NSS deductions can be charged with theft' - Baker-Vormawor

Legal practitioner Oliver Baker-Vormawor has asserted that officials of the National Service Authority (NSA) who unlawfully deduct allowances from service personnel could face criminal charges for theft.

In a Facebook post shared on July 21, 2026, Baker-Vormawor questioned whether officials responsible for making unauthorised deductions from the allowances of national service personnel were aware of the potential legal consequences of their actions.

"So, they know, legally, they can be charged with theft? Ridiculous!!" he wrote.

The legal practitioner accused officials of treating the allowances of service personnel as their personal funds, alleging that deductions are made without the consent of beneficiaries or any legal justification.

"The people we put in charge of the National Service Secretariat, now Authority, wake up every day believing that the allowances for service personnel are their own petty cash," he stated.

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According to him, the practice leaves many service personnel struggling to survive on inadequate stipends while officials continue to devise ways to deprive them of part of their earnings.

"They deduct them at will, with no consent and no legal basis. People have to survive on peanuts, yet every day you cook up some scheme to steal the little they have," Baker-Vormawor added.

His comments come amid the deduction of GH¢60 made by the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA).

According to NASPA, the GH¢60 deduction was intended to support its Capacity Building Programme, which was designed to provide National Service Personnel with practical skills, career readiness training and professional development opportunities ahead of their transition into the job market.

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