The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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NDC lists over GH¢218m worth of contracts sole sourced to Bawumia’s brother

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that a company belonging to the brother of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, received a staggering GHS218 million fro…

Aug. 7, 2024

Ofori-Atta approved $34.9m payment to Akufo-Addo's daughter's company for ambulance spare parts

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has disclosed that the former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has been involved in a US$34.9 million equivalent to GHS538 million…

July 22, 2024

GH¢2.3 million overpaid to caterers in School Feeding Programme in 2022

About GH¢2.3 million has been overpaid to caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). The figure was captured in the performance audit conducted by the Auditor-General on the management…

July 16, 2024

Bawumia's top aide fighting Prisons Service over prime Roman Ridge land

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's Senior Policy Advisor and Board Chair of La Palm Royal Beach Resort, Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu, has found himself embroiled in accusations of mismanagement and …

June 24, 2024

Minority kicks against 5G contract; says it’s not in Ghana’s interest

The Minority in Parliament has expressed serious concerns about the government’s decision to award a 5G licensing contract to NextGen InfraCo, a company established just a week prior to the contract’…

June 3, 2024

Government pays service provider GHS56m for no internet in schools

The Fourth Estate reports that internet service provider Busy Internet, now Lifted Logistics Limited has been paid an amount of GH¢56 million although the firm failed to fully provide internet servic…

June 3, 2024

Bryan Acheampong winning SSNIT hotels bid amounts to conflict of interest

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is on the verge of divesting 60% each of its shares in four prominent hospitality assets: Labadi Beach Hotel, La Palm Royal Beach Resort, Ridg…

May 17, 2024

GH¢2.67bn expenditure on ‘dubious’ digitalization initiatives

North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has raised concerns about the government's expenditure in the health sector, particularly on what he perceives as questionable digitalisation projects. In a so…

April 3, 2024

Freddie Blay & former IGP’s daughters among those who grabbed scholarships for the needy

In 2019-2020, the Scholarship Secretariat spent at least 291,480 pounds sterling (GBP), 146,502 US dollars (USD) and 7,685 Canadian dollars (CAD) on 20 influential individuals and the associates of t…

April 2, 2024

GHC 4,500 iPad keyboard for Cocobod board members

Ghanaians are in shock after a document requesting keyboards to be bought for board members of Ghana’s cocobod hit the internet. Cocobod’s leaked proforma invoice dated February 26, 2024 and signe…

April 1, 2024

Govt spent GHC68.5m to photocopy ‘passco’ for WASSCE candidates through sole-sourcing

The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that the government spent an amount of GHS68.5 million to photocopy past questions for candidates of the West African Senior School Examinat…

March 4, 2024

Bawumia’s family benefiting from overpriced single-sourced cocoa road contracts

The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of being deceptive to Ghanaians by promising to end unmerited single-sourcing of government contracts.…

Feb. 16, 2024

Gov't spent $12m on suspended Agyapa Royalties deal

The government of Ghana spent $12 million on the botched Agyapa royalties deal, according to CEO Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng of the Minerals Income Investment Fund, as reported to the Public Accounts C…

Feb. 15, 2024

Questionable contract by Finance Minister gives SML over $100 million annually

In a shocking exposé, the Fourth Estate unearthed a concerning alliance between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), a mysterious startup. This alliance p…

Dec. 18, 2023

‘Heaven Scandal’ Exposes Akufo-Addo’s Secret Land Grab

Member of parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused President Akufo-Addo and finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of handing over airport lands to a company by name Heaven Builders…

Oct. 2, 2023

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