The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Former GMA boss accused of corruption appointed to chair GRA board

The former boss of the Ghana Maritime Authority who was in the news for allegedly installing 13 air conditioners in his office, has been appointed chairman board of the Ghana Revenue Authority. Th…

July 10, 2019

Only the best nurses would be exported – Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said that the government will do due diligence in the posting of nurses to work abroad if an agreement with partner countries is officially cemented. “We would ens…

July 10, 2019

Sekyere East DCE ‘fingered’ in school feeding rot

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere East in the Ashanti region, Mary Boatemaa Marfo has been accused of misappropriating funds meant for Ghana School Feeding Programme. According to an …

July 8, 2019

Protocol gaffe: Foreign Affairs Minister cuts through national flag

The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has raised legal concerns over the Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway’s supervision of the cutting of the Ghana flag in China. Th…

June 30, 2019

Nat’l Security raids media house; arrests journalists & seizes equipment

The offices of the online news portal, ModernGhana.com, in Accra have reportedly been raided by persons suspected to be from the National Security who took away working equipment, arrested three edit…

June 28, 2019

Ghana lost GHc9.6bn to corruption since 2017

The Centre for Democratic Development’s (CDD) says its studies show that GHc 9.6 billion has been lost from the public purse as a result of corrupt practices in the country since 2017. At a premie…

June 19, 2019

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

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