Ghana’s President Mahama ordered a probe into 81,000 ghost names on the National Service payroll, while the anti-graft agency declared ex-Finance Minister Ofori-Atta a fugitive over alleged corruption.

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday directed an investigation into the operations of the National Service Authority under the previous administration after the discovery of more than 81,000 suspected ghost names on its payroll.

The ghost names were identified during a headcount aimed at clearing arrears in allowance payments at the agency, which oversees the mandatory one-year employment placements for graduates, according to a statement from the presidency.

It remains unclear whether payments had previously been made under these ghost names.

The finance ministry had disbursed 226 million Ghana cedis ($14.6 million) to just over 98,000 verified recipients, the statement added.

Mahama, who resumed office in January, has pledged to combat deep-rooted corruption in the oil- and gold-producing West African nation, which is recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades.

In a separate development on Wednesday, Ghana’s anti-corruption agency, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), declared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta “a wanted fugitive” in connection with his alleged involvement in five transactions under investigation for corruption and related offenses.

Ofori-Atta was not immediately available for comment.