The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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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 manageme...

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 an...

June 24, 2024

BECE in limbo - WAEC awaits GH¢90m to begin examination

Uncertainty hangs over the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as the examining body, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), waits to recoup almost 98 per cent of GH¢95.83 millio...

June 19, 2024

120 containers of malaria and TB meds freely donated to Ghana left to rot

More than 120 containers of free Malaria and Tuberculosis medications donated by Global Fund to Ghana have been left to rot at the Tema Port for many months. The total containers were more than thi...

June 11, 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 contrac...

June 3, 2024

Attorney General accused of witness tampering

Godfred Dame, Ghana's Attorney General has been caught on tape guiding a witness to give false testimony in court against the opposition leader in parliament. The National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

May 28, 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, Ri...

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 ...

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...

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 sig...

April 1, 2024

Poor pitch condition leads to SA hockey teams withdrawing from Africa Games in Ghana

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) have withdrawn the country’s hockey teams from the Africa Games in Ghana citing the poor condition of the playing surface. S...

March 18, 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 Examin...

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 contract...

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...

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...

Dec. 18, 2023

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