The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Akufo-Addo rented private jet to watch UEFA Champions League final in Spain

President Akufo-Addo rented a private jet from Europe and flew to the Spanish capital of Madrid to watch the June 1, UEFA Champions League Final, between two English teams; Liverpool and Tottenham Ho…

June 16, 2019

Mac Manu fingered in $1.5 billion MPS deal

Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Peter Mac Manu, is facing allegations of conflict of interest and outright bias in the scandalous $1.5 billion concession agreement wi…

May 31, 2019

Presidency photoshops Kenyan building on Ghana Beyond Aid document

A document put together by a committee headed by a senior minister in Ghana depicted high rise buildings over green landscape and one of the buildings turned out to be headquarters of Dawit Insurance…

May 30, 2019

GCMC board increased their salaries, allowances by 400%

The Auditor General has indicted the board of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company (GCMC) for the astronomical and illegal increase in the monthly fees and sitting allowances for the chair and m…

May 14, 2019

Ghana losing its rainforest faster than any other country in the world

Ghana’s rainforest is being lost at an alarming rate, according to a new report about the state of forests worldwide. Global Forest Watch (GFW) used updated remote sensing and satellite data from …

May 2, 2019

Aker oil find: Ghana risks losing $30bn

Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has revealed that the government of Ghana risks losing US$30 billion in the recent oil find by Aker Energy Ghana Limited. IMANI Africa said Aker discovered the oil…

April 25, 2019

Minister caught on tape attempting to bribe reporter

A minister of state at the presidency, Rockson Ayine Bukari, has been caught on tape in a frantic and desperate effort to prevent a journalist from publishing a damning story against a Chinese mining…

April 25, 2019

Ghana drops in World Press Freedom rankings

Ghana has dropped four points in the latest ranking in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index as it moved from the rank of 23 to 27 from the previous year. Besides, the country has also lost its statu…

April 19, 2019

NHIS diverts GHC17m into private investment company

The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused government of illegally transferring over GHC17 million of National Health Insurance Scheme’s funds into a private fund management compan…

April 15, 2019

Health Ministry awards GHC3.9million condom contract to Indians

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA), has approved a whopping GH¢3,993,930.36 male condoms supply contract the Ministry of Health awarded to an Indian-owned company. The decision to award the co…

March 30, 2019

Gov’t appoints Director for non-existent Keta sea port

President Akufo-Addo has been criticized for appointing Dr Alexander Y. Adusei Jr as the Director of the non-existent Keta Port. The appointment is unnecessary and a willful rape on the country’s mea…

March 29, 2019

Ministry of Finance holds Kenkey Party to celebrate Cedi appreciation et al

The Ministry of Finance led by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has organized a party to celebrate what it calls Ghana's hat-trick; the successful raising of an eurobond, completion of IMF-ECF…

March 22, 2019

Pro-NPP militia trains at Presidency Annex

Despite the President’s rhetoric on peace and security, Joy News investigations have found, his former personal bodyguard leads a pro-government militia group. The explosive documentary aired on J…

March 7, 2019

Presidential staffer, others caught in galamsey deals

A presidential staffer and Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Mr. Charles Cromwell Bissue, has been caught as the foremost turncoat against efforts to weed out il…

Feb. 27, 2019

Garbage takeover frontage of Jubilee House

Just days after the President indicated in his 2019 State of the Nation Address that sanitation in the country had improved significantly since he promised to make Accra the cleanest city, there are …

Feb. 25, 2019

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