The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Gov't sole-sources $12.5m contract for blood distribution drones

Government has engaged a US-based firm through sole-sourcing for the design, installation and operation of an unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). The firm, Messrs. Zipline International Inc, is exp…

Dec. 3, 2018

Minority resists increase in presidential staffers from 998 to 1,614

The Minority in Parliament has expressed worry over government’s intention to increase the number of presidential staffers from 998 to 1,614. This is said to have been captured in Appendix 7 of the f…

Nov. 21, 2018

GH¢297,585 missing at KKMA

A total sum of GH¢297,585.36 is missing at the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA). The Audit Service has recommended that three top officials of the Assembly cough out the money. The three …

Nov. 20, 2018

Tourism Ministry to spend $14m on capacity building and branding

The Ministry of Tourism has tabled a motion before Parliament for the approval of a sum of $14 million to be used for branding and capacity building of its staff. The said amount is expected to be ta…

Nov. 14, 2018

EOCO suspends Regional Director for ‘advising’ Akufo-Addo to prosecute his corrupt officials

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), has suspended its Eastern Regional Director, Fred Dzeny for asking President Akufo-Addo to show leadership in the fight against corruption by prosecuti…

Nov. 5, 2018

2-bedroom residence renovated with Ghc1m

The Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, has defended the renovation of his 2-bedroom official Cantonments residence at the cost of GHc 1 million, despite concerns the amoun…

Nov. 1, 2018

GHS1.5m rot uncovered at EPA

An investigation by Corruption Watch has uncovered that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sunk, at least, GHS1.5 million into questionable contracts. Two of the EPA’s last three Executive …

Oct. 24, 2018

GMA boss blows thousands of Cedis in 1 night on food bought from his own hotel

The Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Mr. Kwame Owusu blew GH₵135,125 (the old Ghana cedis equivalent of ₵1,351,250,000) one night on food and GH₵10,652 on another occasion on food fo…

Oct. 24, 2018

Financial & Insurance sector grows negative 24 months in a row

For the past two years – since first-quarter of 2017 – the financial and insurance sector of the economy, which are jointly assessed, has experienced contracted growth consecutively; with the latest …

Oct. 19, 2018

Sole sourced Unipass deal to provide services already been provided at even higher cost

The Ministry of Trade, under the supervision of the Minister, Alan Kyeremanteng has awarded a 10-year sole sourced contract to Nick Danso’s Ghana Link Network Services Limited with its overseas partn…

Oct. 11, 2018

PMMC board adjusts allowances upwards

There has been an upward adjustments in allowances for the chairman and the board members of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) Limited. In one instance, the increase was over 700 per cen…

Oct. 10, 2018

Ghana travels with largest delegation to UN conference

Ghana seems to have chalked a rather negative record feat at the United Nations Assembly after presenting a twenty two-man delegation led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the world body’s Tr…

Oct. 10, 2018

Government to yield DTT to China's StarTimes

Ghana’s attempt to transition from analogue to digital is set to meet another major snag. This is because the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has rolled up its sleeves to resist …

Sept. 18, 2018

Asuogyaman DCE buys GHC1,850 printer for GHC16,000

The Asuogyaman district assembly in the Eastern region has been hit with a massive price inflation scandal that has angered residents of the district. Documents sighted by Starr News reveal prices…

Sept. 18, 2018

Over 600,000 litres of BOST’s contaminated fuel disappears

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) is in the news again, this time over the disappearance of about 600,000 litres of its contaminated fuel. A five-member committee set up by the current M…

Sept. 14, 2018

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